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Title: Quaker's Chocolate Cherry Thumbprints
Categories: Cake/cookie
Yield: 4 dozen

3/4 c Sugar Uncooked
2/3 c Margarine or butter,softened 1 1/2 c All-purpose Flour
2 Eggs 1 ts Baking Powder
1 ts Vanilla 1/4 ts Salt (optional)
2 c Semi-sweet chocolate morsels 2 c Maraschino Cherries, drained
(divided) & patted dry
2 c Quaker Old Fashioned Oats,

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla
until smooth. Add 1 cup of morsels, melted*; mix well. Stir in oats,
flour, baking powder & salt; mix well. Cover & chill dough for 1
hour. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on
ungreased cookie sheet. Press deep centers with thumb. Place
maraschino cherry into each center. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until set.
Remove to wire rack; cool ccompletely. Drizzle cookies with remaining
1 cup chocolate morsels, melted.

To melt 1 cup chocolate morsels: Microwave at HIGH 1 to 2 minutes,
stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. Or heat in heavy sauepan over
low heat; stirring until smooth.

Posted by Anne Marie Chiappetta.
Submitted By ANNE MARIE CHIAPPETTA On 04-15-95