Chocolate Cherry Cordial Cookies for Valentine's Day!

Tomorrow is the big day, Valentine's Day, the day of chocolate, pink and red.  Maybe flowers,  candlelight.  and wine.  Whatever you do, it should come from the heart.  What do you do with your Sweetie? Stay home and have a romantic dinner, go out to dinner, or celebrate with the kids?  Since my husband and I have been together, we have always stayed home, and had a romantic dinner.  Long ago we learned that on Valentine's Day it is overcrowded, more expensive, you get  bad service, and the food usually isn't that good.

Tomorrow we will probably have Sea Scallops, which we love, and see if we can get that elusive sear on them.  Our neighbor made some scallops, and put them in the broiler, so we are going try that method. We have a difficult time getting "dry" scallops, here in the Midwest. Along with the Scallops, we will have a little asparagus, roasted potatoes, and a salad. and of course dessert, the Coconut Cream  Squares with Cherry Sauce or Nutella Swirl Brownies with Nutella Ganache, and these cookies, along with wine, of course.

Do you like those chocolate covered cherries, with sweet cordial cream and the cherry inside? If you do like those chocolate covered cherries, these cookies will remind you of those confections. The cookies have with a chewy, chocolate, cookie outside with a maraschino cherry inside, and  topped with a cherry glaze.  Oh, my! These cookies not only look gorgeous, they taste wonderful. You make this yummy chocolate cookie dough, roll into a ball, then flatten, wrap the dough around a  a drained maraschino cherry, roll in sugar, and bake.  Once cool, drizzle with Cherry glaze.  The kids could even help with these.  Whatever you do to celebrate Valentine's Day, Enjoy!

Chocolate Cherry Cordial Cookies Adapted from Dash .com

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp rum extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder, (I used 1/2 cup cocoa)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
30 maraschino cherries, drained and patted dry with paper towels
2 Tbsp sugar, for coating

 Glaze:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tsp rum extract
4 tsp maraschino cherry juice,mmore or less to get the right consistency

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, and rum extract until light and fluffy. Add flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Beat well.

2. Flatten about 1 Tbsp dough. Place a cherry on top; mold dough around it. Roll in sugar. Repeat with remaining dough.

3. Place cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes. Cool on a rack.

4. For glaze, whisk ingredients; spoon over cookies.