Cherry Chocolate Cookies

1 1/3 cups butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups quick or old-fashioned rolled oats
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
About one jar of maraschino cherries, drained
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

1. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy, scraping the sides once (about five minutes). Add the melted chocolate and vanilla.

2. Add the rolled oats. Add the flour, salt, and baking powder and mix until combined.

3. Drop spoonfuls of dough on an ungreased baking sheet. Press a cherry deep into the dough for each. Bake for 11 or 12 minutes. Remove immediately to a wire rack to cool. Once cool, drizzle the cookie with melted chocolate.

Cherry Coconut Buns

6 tablespoons butter or margarine
1-1/2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup maraschino cherry halves
1 egg
1 egg, separated
2 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
1/2 cup flaked coconut
Maraschino cherry halves

Preheat oven to 425°F. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick vegetable spray.

In a large mixing bowl, cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add sugar, coconut, cherry halves, egg, egg yolk, and cherry juice; stir until mixture is well blended and has a sticky consistency.

Drop the mixture onto prepared baking sheet in small heaps; flatten slightly. Brush with egg white; sprinkle with coconut and top with cherry halves.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until delicately browned. Remove from baking sheet; cool completely on a wire rack.

My favorite drink ....

shot of tequila - Pour over ice , add Orange juice w/pulp (fill to 3/4 of the way ), splash of pom - pomigranite juice ,and garnish with a strand of marachino cherries on a stirrer

very festive looking and Delish

Sounds mighty close to a "Tequila Sunrise" to me MammaNee:D!!! They are delicious indeed, your sounds good too!!! I like tequilla straight from time to time as well!!! Tequilla is my liquor of choice, when I do indulge, I Love it!!! And of-course I love wine too!!! If I were going to be a drunk, I'd be a wino. hee-hee

Yeah but when I order it out they never give the OJ with pulp and I gotta have my pulp.