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Chcolate Chip Cordials

These chocolate and cherry cookies are a unique and elegant treat.
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Course Cookies, Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 cups mini chocolate chips
  • 1 small jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
  • 1 small jar maraschino cherries, drained and cut into halves
  • 1/2 cup flaked coconut
  • 2 cups melted chocolate

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line tassy muffin pans with paper liners.
  • In a mixing bowl with a mixer, combine butter and shortening and cream well. Add sugars, eggs and vanilla and blend. In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt and add carefully to the butter mixture. Add walnuts, chocolate chips, cherries and coconut and mix with a spoon to combine.
  • Spoon dough into paper cups and add 1/2 cherry on top. Place in preheated oven and bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Remove from pans to wire rack to cool. When cool, drizzle melted chocolate over cookie. Makes 6 dozen. Enjoy!