Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies I

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 18 maraschino cherries, halved
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (180 degrees c).
• combine flour and sugar. cut butter into flour as for pie crust.
• press mixture into an 8 x 8 inch pan. bake for 20 minutes.
• while warm, cut into 36 squares. place squares in pan lined with wax paper. let cool.
• place a cherry half on center of each, cut side down. melt chocolate over low heat. cover cherry with a spoonful of melted chocolate. chill for a few minutes in refrigerator until chocolate is firm.