DARK CHOCOLATE CHERRY CORDIAL RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl add butter and sugar; cream them together using either a hand mixer or a whisker until pale and fluffy, it will take around 2-3 minutes.
• Incorporate eggs and black coffee, keep mixing to combine all the ingredients.
• Sift into the bowl the all purpose flour, salt, baking powder and red cocoa powder. It is important to sift your dry ingredients to avoid lumps.
• Mix until you get an even chocolate batter.
• Place your bowl in the refrigerator for 30 - 40 minutes to chill the dough.
• Take a cookie sheet and cover it with parchment paper.
• When your dough is already chilled, take about a tbsp of dough and make a little ball with your hands.
• Place the dough ball on the sheet and slightly press it down.
• Take the back of a tsp and create a small indentation in the center of each cookie dough.
• Place a Maraschino cherry in the middle of each chocolate cookie.
• Bake your cookies for 10 minutes.
• Take them off the oven and let them cool down.
• If you want some extra chocolate in your warm cookies, add some melted dark chocolate to give them an extra touch in flavor and decoration.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and stir until smooth. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls about the size of a walnut (larger if desired). Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press center of each ball with thumb.
• Drain cherries and reserve juice. Place a cherry in indentation of each cookie ball.
• 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.)
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.