Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

Rich, chocolaty and chewy — like the chewy edge of a brownie but with a cherry, fudgey center.  Yum! Who needs a date on Valentine’s Day when you can have plate full of these cookies? Remember these cookies after Valentine’s Day too.   They are quick and easy to make and their bite-size, petite portion make them a great “fancy” cookie for teas, showers or Christmas cookie exchanges.

Mooncake Cookies from The Wok Shop

Besides being the first day of Fall, yesterday was also the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, a festival of harvest and lunar worship.  One tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival is to give mooncakes to friends, family and business associates (think, American Christmas fruitcake).