Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Ingredients

Cookies

• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 cup white granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 jar maraschino cherries stems removed and blotted dry

Chocolate Cherry Frosting

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice

Instructions

Cookies

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet by lining with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer on medium low speed to combine the butter and sugar. Mix until light and fluffy.
4. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing until fully incorporated.
5. Slowly add the flour mixture, along with the cocoa powder mixing on low just until combined.
6. Use a large cookie scoop to form balls, rolling in between palms to smooth.
7. Place evenly apart on the prepared cookie sheet and use a ½ teaspoon measuring spoon (or your thumb) to press an indent in the center of each cookie dough ball.
8. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie.
9. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes or until cooked through. Cool completely.

Frosting

10. In a small bowl, combine the semi-sweet chocolate chips, condensed milk and cherry juice. Stir to combine.
11. Cook in the microwave in 15 second intervals until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Be sure to stir in between each round. Do not over cook.
12. Transfer the frosting into a piping bag and drizzle over the cooled cookies. Serve.