Wednesday, December 10, 2014

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.

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