Double Chocolate Cherry Thumbprints
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 C. butter, softened
- 1 C. sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, melted
- 2 1/2 C. flour
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 10 oz. jar maraschino cherries, cut in half
- 3 oz. white chocolate
Directions
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and almond extract; mix well. Add chocolate, flour and cinnamon; mix until blended. Form into a ball, wrap in plastic and chill 30 minutes. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Press thumb in center of each cookie and place half a cherry into depression. Bake for 15 -17 minutes. Cool. Place white chocolate into a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 10 second intervals until melted. Drizzle across each cookie. Chill 5 minutes to set.


