Chewy Chocolate Macaroons - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 1/2 c. flaked coconut
1/2 c. Hershey's cocoa
1 (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp. vanilla
24 red candied cherries, halved

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease cookie sheet.
In large bowl, stir together coconut and cocoa; stir in condensed milk and vanilla until well blended.
Drop by rounded teaspoonful onto cookie sheet. Press cherry half into center of each cookie.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost set.
Immediately remove from cookie sheet.
Cool completely.
Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Makes 4 dozen.