Instructions: BAKE at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

MAKES about 3 dozen cookies. Sift
together flour, soda, and salt. Cream butter, and brown sugar. Blend in egg and beat well. Stir in half the dry ingredients. Add maraschino cherry juice and 2 tablespoons milk; stir in remaining dry ingredients. Mix well.

Blend in melted unsweetened chocolate, walnuts, and maraschino cherries.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 12 to 15 minutes until cookies spring back when touched lightly. Meanwhile cut marshmallows in half crosswise with scissors. Place cut-side down on hot, baked cookies. Transfer cookies to wire rack. Cool; frost and top with nut half.
*For use with Pillsburys Best Self-Rising Flour, omit salt and soda. Chocolate Frosting: In top of double boiler over boiling water, cook milk, butter and unsweetened chocolate and salt until thick. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and 2 to 2 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar until of spreading consistency.

Contest by James Petersen, Withee, Wisconsin.

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