This Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies recipe comes from a two-sided magazine clipping filed under Cookies in My Mom’s Recipe Box. The original ingredients, directions, contributor credit, introductory note, and yield are preserved here as printed.
Original Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 48 maraschino cherries, blotted dry
FROSTING:
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 to 3 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture (batter will be very firm). Shape into 48 balls, about 1 in. round, and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Push one cherry halfway into each ball. For frosting, melt chocolate chips in milk in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; add cherry juice and stir until smooth. Spoon 1 teaspoon of frosting over each cherry (the frosting will spread over cookie during baking). Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Yield
4 dozen.
Preservation Notes
This recipe is preserved as a printed, two-sided magazine clipping. The front contains the photograph, ingredients, and beginning of the directions; the reverse contains the continued directions, yield, contributor credit, introductory note, and a cherry illustration.
Notes From the Original
The clipping is marked “COUNTRY/DEC/JAN/93” and credits Marie Kinyon of Mason, Michigan. Its printed introduction reads: “I always make these cookies for family gatherings, and they never last very long. They require a little extra effort, but they’re worth it.” This statement belongs to the credited contributor and is preserved as source text, not as a memory from my family.
About My Mom’s Recipe Box
This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.
