Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

DIRECTIONS

• "For the cookies".
• Whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in bowl and set aside.
• With electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
• Beat in egg and vanilla until incorporated, reduce speed to low and add flour mixture.
• Mix until dough forms (about 1 minute).
• "for the topping".
• Heat chocolate and milk in saucepan over low heat until chocolate is melted (about 5 minutes)the mixture should have the consistency of mayonnaise.
• Off heat, stir in reserved cherry juice. Cover and keep warm.
• "To finish".
• Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on 2 rimmed baking sheets.
• Using thumb, make indentation in center of each cookie and place 1 cherry in each indentation.
• Top each cherry with 1 teaspoons of warm chocolate mixture.
• Bake until cookies are just set (10-12 minutes) switching and rotating sheets about halfway through baking.
• Transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining dough.