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Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Course
cookies
Cuisine
American
Keyword
dark chocolate cherry cookies treats
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
36
minutes
minutes
Total Time
51
minutes
minutes
Servings
36
cookies
Author
theperksofbeingus
Ingredients
2
cups
all-purpose flour
2/3
cup
dark cocoa powder
1
teaspoon
baking powder
½
teaspoon
baking soda
½
teaspoon
salt
2
cups
sugar
2/3
cup
butter
softened
2 ½
teaspoon
vanilla extract
2
large Pete and Gerry Organic Eggs
1 ½
cup
dried tart cherries
1
cup
semisweet chocolate chips
Cherry Glaze
½
cup
tart cherry juice
Trader Joes has a great one we use! This can also be found in organic juice section at grocery
2
cups
powder sugar
more or less for the consistency you want
Instructions
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in middle position
Measure all dry ingredients into a bowl
Using a whisk, blend them, sit aside
Blend softened butter and sugar in mixer till fluffy
Add in eggs one at a time
Add in vanilla
While mixer is on low speed, add in dry ingredients a little at a time
Fold in cherries and chocolate chips making sure to thoroughly distribute
Coat a cookie sheet with spray oil
Use a small ice cream scoop to scoop uniform balls of dough, 2 inches apart onto cookie pans
Bake 12 minutes, rotating pans half way through
Cool cookies on a wire rack
While cookies are baking, mix together glaze
Adjust glaze by adding more juice or powder sugar to get it to the consistency of honey
When cookies have completely cooled, drizzle glaze over them and allow to set up
Store cookies in covered container
Notes
You can adapt this recipe using dried cranberries and cranberry juice, if you can not find dried cherries and cherry juice.