Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies I

Servings: 36
Yield: 36 servings

Description

The cookies in this recipe are topped with cherries and chocolate for a sweet, festive, and unusual cookie.

Ingredients

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
18 maraschino cherries, halved
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2 Combine flour and sugar. Cut butter into flour as for pie crust.
3 Press mixture into an 8 x 8 inch pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
4 While warm, cut into 36 squares. Place squares in pan lined with wax paper. Let cool.
5 Place a cherry half on center of each, cut side down. Melt chocolate over low heat. Cover cherry with a spoonful of melted chocolate. Chill for a few minutes in refrigerator until chocolate is firm.