Ingredients
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar (divided)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ounce chocolate unsweetened melted
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- all-purpose
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 48 each candied cherries red or green
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F (190C).
- Lightly grease cookie sheets.
- In large bowl, cream butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar with electric mixer.
- Blend in vanilla and melted chocolate.
- Combine flour and salt and add to butter mixture on low speed.
- Stir in chips by hand.
- Shape dough around cherries to create 1-inch balls.
- Set 1 inch apart on cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven 10 to 12 minutes or until set.
- When done, remove from oven and cool completely.
- Mix remaining 1/4 cup powdered sugar with cocoa powder.
- When cookies are cool, gently roll them in the powdered sugar mixture.
- Note: Maraschino cherries that are well drained and blotted dry worked well in this recipe.
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