Post by Loupy on Nov 25, 2018 15:26:42 GMT -7
Chocolate-Cherry Thumbprint Cookies
From: Pillsbury Kitchens @ www.pillsbury.com/recipes/chocolate-cherry-thumbprint-cookies/
Cookies don’t get prettier (or easier) than these dreamy thumbprints. The dark chocolate ganache filling paired with sweet maraschino cherries adds just the right amount of decadence.
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 13 min
Cooling and resting time: 1 hour+
Total time: 1 hour 55 min
Makes: 24 cookies
Ingredients:
1 roll (16.5oz) refrigerated sugar cookies
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
4 oz (from 8oz package) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 Tablespoon butter
24 maraschino cherries, well drained and patted dry
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350°F.
In large bowl, crumble cookie dough; stir or knead in cocoa and cream cheese until well mixed.
Shape tablespoonfuls dough into 24 (1 1/2-inch) balls.
Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are set.
Remove from oven. Using back of round metal measuring teaspoon, make 1-inch indentation in center of each cookie.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.
Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
In medium microwavable bowl, microwave dark chocolate chips, whipping cream and butter uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 10 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
Spoon generous 1 teaspoonful chocolate mixture into indentation in each cookie.
Top each cookie with 1 maraschino cherry.
Let stand about 30 minutes or until chocolate filling is set.
Store covered in refrigerator.
From: Pillsbury Kitchens @ www.pillsbury.com/recipes/chocolate-cherry-thumbprint-cookies/
Cookies don’t get prettier (or easier) than these dreamy thumbprints. The dark chocolate ganache filling paired with sweet maraschino cherries adds just the right amount of decadence.
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 13 min
Cooling and resting time: 1 hour+
Total time: 1 hour 55 min
Makes: 24 cookies
Ingredients:
1 roll (16.5oz) refrigerated sugar cookies
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
4 oz (from 8oz package) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 Tablespoon butter
24 maraschino cherries, well drained and patted dry
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350°F.
In large bowl, crumble cookie dough; stir or knead in cocoa and cream cheese until well mixed.
Shape tablespoonfuls dough into 24 (1 1/2-inch) balls.
Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are set.
Remove from oven. Using back of round metal measuring teaspoon, make 1-inch indentation in center of each cookie.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.
Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
In medium microwavable bowl, microwave dark chocolate chips, whipping cream and butter uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 10 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
Spoon generous 1 teaspoonful chocolate mixture into indentation in each cookie.
Top each cookie with 1 maraschino cherry.
Let stand about 30 minutes or until chocolate filling is set.
Store covered in refrigerator.
