Chocolate Sundae Cookies

If your nuts for Hot Fudge Sundae's then you will LOVE these tasty morsels! Great to serve your guests during the holidays or to add to your cookie and treats trays! The cooking time is time per sheet of cookies.

• Ready In: 1 hr 12 mins
• Yields: 36-48 depending on size

Ingredients

• Cookies

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2⁄3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1  egg
• 1⁄4 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 2  tablespoons milk
• 2  ounces  unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 1⁄2 cup cherries, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped

• Topper

• 1⁄2 large marshmallows (for each cookie)

• Buttercream Frosting

• 1⁄4 cup  cocoa
• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 2  tablespoons milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
•  confectioners' sugar

• Topper

• 1  walnuts, piece (for each cookie)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cookies:.
3. Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt, set aside.
4. With your mixer, mix brown sugar and shortening.
5. Blend in egg. Beat well, then stir in 1/2 of the dry ingredients.
6. Add Marachino juice and milk.
7. Stir in the rest of dry ingredients, and mix well.
8. Blend in melted unsweetened chocolate (you can use the kind that are already melted, or substitute 6 T. of cocoa and 2 T. oil), chopped cherries, and chopped walnuts.
9. Drop by spoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
10. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
11. While cookies are baking cut large marshmallows in half.
12. Place the cut side of the marshmallow down on hot cookies when they come out of the oven, so they will stick.
13. Let cool.
14. Frost cookies, then and put a nut on top.
15. Buttercream Chocolate Frosting:
16. Beat cocoa, margarine, milk and vanilla well. Add in confectionary sugar to desired consistency.