Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

10 tbsp room temperature butter (1 1/4 stick)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup flour
5 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
1/2 cup chocolate chips

• Preheat oven to 350.  (My oven runs hot, so if yours does not, bring up the temp a bit.)
• Chop the cherries roughly.  Let them drain on a couple of paper towels while you work on the rest.
• Cream sugar and butter together.  Add in vanilla and egg and combine.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
• Add the dry ingredients to the rest slowly, combining as you go.  Once fully smooth, throw in the cherries and chocolate chips and combine.
• Place tablespoons full of batter on a cookie sheet and bake ~12 minutes for softer cookies.