Cherry Bon Bon Cookies

  Home  |  Recipes  |  Diet Recipes  |  Dinner Party Menus  |  Food History  |  Culinary Dictionary  |  Diet, Health & Beauty
 

I slightly adapted this wonderful cookie recipe. Original recipe and photo from the Northwest Cherry Growers. These cookies are so good that you will think you are eating candy.

Check out more of Linda's favorite Cookie Recipes and Secrets To Making Perfect Cookies.

Cherry Bon Bon Cookies

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons cherry flavoring (optional)
48 fresh sweet cherries, pitted*
1 (6-ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate  chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

* If you cannot get any fresh cherries, well-drained maraschino cherries may be substituted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small bowl, combine flour and cocoa; set aside.
 
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, and baking powder until blended. Add egg, vanilla extract, and cherry flavoring; beat until well combined. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 1/2-inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Press down center of each ball with thumb to create a small hollow; fill each center with a cherry.
 
In small pan over low heat, combine chocolate chips and condensed milk; heat until chocolate is melted. Spoon about 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry.
 
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until done. Remove to wire racks and cool.

Yields 48 cookies.