Rich Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Source of Recipe
WickedlyGood
List of Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package semisweet chocolate squares, coarsely chopped
- 6 tablespoons margarine or butter, cut up
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
- 1 cup dried tart cherries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a 3 quart saucepan, melt chocolate with margarine or butter over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove saucepan from heat and with with wire whisk, stir in sugar and vanilla until blended. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. With spoon, stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Add chocolate chips and cherries, stir just until evenly mixed.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 1 1/2 inches apart, onto ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake 13 to 15 minutes, until tops of cookies are set. Let cookies remain on cookie sheet on wire rack 1 minute to cool slightly. With wide metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough. Store cookies in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks.
- Yield: About 3 dozen cookies
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