Cheery Chocolate Truffle Cookies

• 1 cup butter room temperature
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar (divided)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ounce chocolate unsweetened melted
• 2 1/4 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 48 each candied cherries red or green
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened

1. Preheat oven to 375F (190C).
2. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
3. In large bowl, cream butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar with electric mixer.
4. Blend in vanilla and melted chocolate.
5. Combine flour and salt and add to butter mixture on low speed.
6. Stir in chips by hand.
7. Shape dough around cherries to create 1-inch balls.
8. Set 1 inch apart on cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven 10 to 12 minutes or until set.
9. When done, remove from oven and cool completely.
10. Mix remaining 1/4 cup powdered sugar with cocoa powder.
11. When cookies are cool, gently roll them in the powdered sugar mixture.
12. Note: Maraschino cherries that are well drained and blotted dry worked well in this recipe.

butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, chocolate, flour, salt, chocolate chips, candied cherries, cocoa

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/cheery-chocolate-truffle-cookie-48135 (may not work)