This isn't an easy recipe, but it's very good. I remembered that it used part of a can because I hate to throw it out, too.
Can you share your macaroni salad recipe?
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
These cookies take a while to make, but they are worth it. Theyre very rich, so make when you have a crowd to serve.
From Southern Living 1999 Annual Recipes
1 (10 oz) jar maraschino cherries
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/2 cup flour
½ cup cocoa
¼ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 cup (6 oz) semisweet chocolate morsels
½ cup sweetened condensed milk
1. Drain cherries, reserving 3 tsp juice. Cut cherries in half, and set aside.
2. Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
3. Add egg, vanilla, and 2 tsp reserved cherry juice, beating until blended.
4. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating until blended after each addition.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Press center of each ball with thumb, and place 1 cherry half in each cookie.
6. Cook chocolate and milk in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted.
7. Stir in remaining 1 tsp reserved cherry juice. Cool slightly. Spoon 1 tsp mixture over each cherry half.
8. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Freeze up to 3 months.
6 dozen
