Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

By request, here is my recipe for chocolate covered cherry cookies. I've been in a baking mood and nothing satisfies a pregnant woman's craving like these cookies.

1-1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 egg

1-1/2 tsp vanilla

48 undrained maraschino cherries

1 6-oz pkg semisweet chocolate pieces

1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

In a mixing bowl combine flour and cocoa powder and set aside. In a large mixing bowl beat butter or margarine on medium speed for 30 seconds or till soft. Add sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Beat till well combined. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Then gradually add flour mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch ball; place on ungreased baking sheet. Press down center of each ball with thumb. Drain maraschino cherries, reserving the juice. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie. In a small saucepan combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk; heat until melted. Stir in 4tsp. of the reserved cherry juice. Spoon about 1tsp. of the frosting over each cherry, spreading to cover the cherry fully.

Bake at 350 degrees for ten minutes. Remove and let cool.