Chocolate Cherry Cordials {#10}

photo credit: The Law Student's Wife

Chocolate Cherry Cordials

makes 30

For cookies:

½   cup butter, softened

1   cup sugar

1   egg

1   tsp rum extract

 1 ½   cups flour

¹∕³cup cocoa powder

¼   tsp salt

¼   tsp baking soda

¼   tsp baking powder

30   maraschino cherries, drained and patted dry with paper towels

2   Tbsp sugar, for coating

For glaze:

4 Tbsp butter, melted
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
½ tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. rum extract
¾  cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, and rum extract until light and fluffy. Add flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Beat well.

Flatten about 1 Tbsp dough. Place a cherry on top; mold dough around it. Roll in sugar. Repeat with remaining dough.

Place cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake 8 minutes. Cool on a rack.

For frosting:
Combine all ingredients, mixing until smooth. Use a small amount of frosting on each cookie.

I have more cookies recipes that we enjoy but none of them "say Christmas" so . . . 

I would love to know what your favorite Christmas cookie is.  

Perhaps you could leave a a link to your cookie in a comment.