Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies II

Ingredients

• 0.3 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 0.3 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 1  eggs 
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 10 ounce maraschino cherries 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup semi chocolate chips 
• 0.5 cup condensed milk sweetened
• 0.5 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• sauce pan
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2. Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl.
3. Add egg and vanilla and beat well.
4. Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and stir until smooth.
5. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls about the size of a walnut (larger if desired).
6. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press center of each ball with thumb.
7. Drain cherries and reserve juice.
8. Place a cherry in indentation of each cookie ball.
9. In a saucepan, heat condensed milk and chocolate chips until chips are melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of mixture over each cherry and spread to cover cherry. (More cherry juice may be added to keep frosting of spreading consistency.)
10. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.