Chocolate Cherry Cordial Cookies

Like Chocolate covered cherries but cookies. For those that love the candies, they will LOVE these. The recipe sounds complicated, but it's simple.

• Ready In: 28 mins
• Serves: 30
• Yields: 1 cookie

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon  rum extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄3 cup  cocoa
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 30  maraschino cherries, drained and patted dry
• 1⁄3 cup sugar, for rolling
•  glaze
• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  rum extract
• 4  tablespoons maraschino cherry juice

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees in a large bowl beat butter, sugar, eggs and rum extract until light and fluffy.
2. Add flour cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Beat well.
3. Flatten about 1 tablespoon of dough.
4. Place a cherry in the middle of the dough and mold the dough around it.
5. Roll in sugar and repeat with remaining dough.
6. Place cookies 2 inches apart of an un-greased baking sheet.
7. Bake for 8 minutes and let cool on rack.
8. For glaze whisk ingredients together and spoon over cookies.