Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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.

16 comments:

  1. Oh, I wish I was closer to my mother so I could make these for her. She LOVES cherry cordials and would devour these cookies just as quickly! What a fantastic idea, Becky. They look delicious.

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    1. Christianee
      These cookies would ship very well. Just put them in Ziplock plastic container with wax paper, between the layers. Go to the post office, and get a standard rate shipping box. Then you can put bubble wrap around the cookie container, and put it in the shipping container. The cookies ship 2nd day. The cookie Queen and I do it all the time, and I have never had a broken cookie. Dudette could help you.

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  2. Great job! These look and sound absolutely fantastic. Thanks for sharing :)

    Happy Blogging!
    Happy Valley Chow

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    1. Eric,
      Thanks! These cookies are amazing! Happy Valentine's Day!

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  3. These are too cute for v-day my friend, loving it :)

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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    1. Uru,
      Happy V-Day to you! These are perfect cookies for V-day.

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  4. Oooh wow these look awesome! Happy Vday :-)

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    1. Katherine,
      Happy Valentine's Day to you, too. These cookies taste amazing

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  5. Wonderful cookies! Chocolte and cherries.. yummy!

    I really agree that going out sometimes can just cause too much stress when it's so busy everywhere on Valentine's Day.

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    1. Happy Valentine's Day, Medeja! Hope that you have a great day!

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  6. What sweet little treats...just perfect for Valentine's! Thank you for sharing another delectable recipe and post. This whetted my appetite for dinner and dessert! I hope you have a love-filled week, my friend!

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    1. Monet,
      Happy Valentine's Day to you and Ryan! Have a wonderful Day!

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  7. These sound so yummy and are so pretty too, a perfect Valentine's Day treat!

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    1. Thank you, Anita!
      Chocolate and Cherry are a great combination!

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  8. I bet these made your Valentine extra happy! Hope you had a wonderful evening. We ate at home to and enjoyed dessert and a movie. Going out is for your single people, lol. So glad it's Friday, enjoy your weekend.
    -Gina-

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    1. Gina,
      It's much nicer to stay home. We had a wonderful meal with lots of dessert!
      Have a great weekend!

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