Black Forest Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 48 maraschino cherries (reserve some cherry juice)
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand or other)

Directions

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add dry ingredients until combined. Shape into 48 - 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and make thumbprint in center of each cookie. Place a maraschino cherry into each indentation.

2. 2

   Melt chocolate chips and condensed milk just until soft. Stir in 4 tsp cherry juice and spoon about 1 tsp of frosting on top to cover cherry. Add more cherry juice if frosting needs to be thinned. Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes.