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1 1/2 C Flour
1/2 C Unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 T Salt
1/4 T Baking powder
1/4 T Baking soda
1/2 C Butter (or margarine,)
Softened
1 C Sugar
1 Egg
1 1/2 t Vanilla
48 Maraschino cherries
Frosting
6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 C Sweetened condensed milk
Cherry juice (4 to 5 tsp)

• In bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla to butter-sugar mixture and beat well.
• Gradually add dry ingredients to butter-sugar mixture and beat until well blended.

• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet and push down center of each ball with thumb.
• Drain cherries and reserve juice.
• Place 1 cherry in center of each indentation.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.

• For frosting, put chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in small saucepan.
• Heat until chocolate melts.
• Stir in 4 teaspoons cherry juice.
• If too thick, add more juice.

• Spoon 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry.
• Spread to cover cherry.
• Bake 10 minutes or until done.
• Do not overcook.
• Remove to wire rack and cool.
• The cookies freeze nicely.