Chocolate Cherry Chewies Recipes

CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and stir until smooth. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls about the size of a walnut (larger if desired). Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press center of each ball with thumb.
• Drain cherries and reserve juice. Place a cherry in indentation of each cookie ball.
• In a saucepan, heat condensed milk and chocolate chips until chips are melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of mixture over each cherry and spread to cover cherry. (More cherry juice may be added to keep frosting of spreading consistency.)
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large bowl, combine low fat sweetened condensed milk, flour, cocoa, egg white and vanilla.
• Stir in chocolate chips and cherries.
• Spray baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets; bake 6 to 7 minutes.
• Store loosely covered at room temperature.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE-CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat brown sugar, shortening, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in milk, vanilla, and almond extract. Add flour mixture gradually, beating well after each addition. Stir in cherries and chocolate chunks.
• Place dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes, switching racks halfway through.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE-CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix cracker crumbs and butter. Press into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. In a large bowl, mix the remaining ingredients until blended; carefully spread over crust., Bake 25-28 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.