Chocolate Cherry Cordials

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This recipe, from Pam Correll of Brockport, PA, won the Grand Prize in Parade's 2012 Holiday Cookie Bake-Off and is the winner of the Drop Cookie Category. Click here to view all of the winning recipes.

Pam's story: "This year I put my thinking cap on and decided to take an old family favorite and make it a bit more festive. Chocolate, cherries, and rum flavoring all rolled up into one cookie is simply irresistible. This cookie is a little pocket of joy!"

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Ingredients

  • Cookies:
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp rum extract
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 30 maraschino cherries, drained and patted dry with paper towels
  • 2 Tbsp sugar, for coating
  • For Glaze:
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp rum extract
  • 4 tsp maraschino cherry juice
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Preparation

Step 1

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 glaze, whisk ingredients; spoon over cookies.

Nutrition Information:
Per Serving
140 calories
19 g carbohydrates
1 g protein
6 g fat
20 mg cholesterol
90 mg sodium
1 g fiber

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