Dessert

Buried Cherry Cookies is for Dessert.

Buried Cherry Cookies takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Buried Cherry Cookies takes 10 minutes to cook.

Buried Cherry Cookies makes 48 servings.

The ingredients for Buried Cherry Cookies are:

1 10 jar maraschino cherries (42-28 cherries)
1/2 cup Smart Balance 50/50 unsalted butter blend, softened
1/2 cup Splenda for Baking*
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1&1/2 tsp pure vanilla
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1&1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces(no imitation chocolate)
1/2 cup low fat sweetened condensed milk

*If using regular sugar use 1 cup. Calories will be 84.5/ cookie

Here is how you make Buried Cherry Cookies:

Drain cherries, reserve juice. Halve any large cherries. Beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat until combined, scraping bowl. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in cocoa powder and as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour(NOTE: I recommend using a heavy duty stand mixer such as KA for this recipe.)Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place balls aout 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press your thunb into the center of each ball. Place a cherry n each center.FOR FROSTING: In a small saucepan combine chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate melts. Stir in 4 tsp reserved cherry juice. Spoon 1 tsp frosting over each cherry, spreading to cover. If necessary frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice.Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes or until edges are firm. Cool on cookie sheet for about a minute then transfer to a rack and let cool.SHOULD MAKE 42-48 COOKIES DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ARE IN THE JAR :-)Number of Servings: 48Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LADYPHOENIX61.

The nutritional information for Buried Cherry Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 48
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 75.3

• Total Fat: 3.5 g
• Cholesterol: 7.0 mg
• Sodium: 19.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 10.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
• Protein: 1.3 g

The dietary needs meet for Buried Cherry Cookies is Low Fat