Chocolate-Cherry Drop Cookies
Author/Submitted by: Betty Crocker's Cookbook Servings: 54 Categories:
Chocolate
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Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1
cup
sugar 1/2
cup
margarine or butter,
softened
1
egg 2
ounces
unsweetened chocolate
melted and cooled 1/3
cup
buttermilk,
milk or water
1
teaspoon
vanilla 1 3/4
cup
all-purpose flour *
or whole wheat flour 1/2
teaspoon
baking soda 1/2
teaspoon
salt 2
cups
cut-up candied or maraschino
cherries
CHOCOLATE FROSTING 2
ounces
unsweetened chocolate 2
tablespoons
margarine or butter 3
tablespoons
water 2
cups
powdered sugar,
about
* If using self-rising flour,
omit
baking soda and salt.
Directions:
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix, sugar, margarine, egg, chocolate,
buttermilk and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and cherries.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart into ungreased
cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains
when touched; cool. Frost with Chocolate Frosting. ABOUT 4-1/2 DOZEN
COOKIES; 95 CALORIES PER COOKIE.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING Heat chocolate and margarine over low heat until
melted; remove from heat. Stir in water and powdered sugar until smooth.
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