Black Forest Thumbprint Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
48 maraschino cherries (reserve some cherry juice)
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand or other)

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add dry ingredients until combined. Shape into 48 - 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and make thumbprint in center of each cookie. Place a maraschino cherry into each indentation.
Melt chocolate chips and condensed milk just until soft. Stir in 4 tsp cherry juice and spoon about 1 tsp of frosting on top to cover cherry. Add more cherry juice if frosting needs to be thinned. Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes.