Chocolate Chunk Tart Cherry Cookies Recipes

CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHUNK-CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisktogether flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat butterand sugars until pale and fluffy.Add eggs, 1 at a time, beatingwell after each addition. Beat invanilla, then flour mixture.Beat in chocolate and cherries.Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
• Roll dough into 1 3/4-inch balls(about 3 tablespoons each),and arrange on parchment-linedbaking sheets, spacing about3 inches apart. Bake until edgesare golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Letcool on sheets set on wire racksfor 10 minutes. Transfer cookiesto racks; let cool completely.

CHERRY CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate and cherries. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets lightly coated with cooking spray. Bake until firm, 12-14 minutes. Cool for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack.

CHERRY CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• Beat the unsalted butter, butter flavored shortening, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time; beat in the vanilla extract and almond extract with the last egg. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the cherries, walnuts, pecans, and chocolate chunks, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned around the edges, 11 to 13 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes; remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-CHERRY CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, gradually adding sugars, until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in egg, vanilla and maple flavoring., In another bowl, sift together flour, baking cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually beat into creamed mixture just until moistened (do not overbeat). Stir in semisweet chocolate and white baking chips, dried cherries and coconut., Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly. Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE CHUNK MAYO COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Cream the butter and both sugars with an electric hand mixer on medium speed (fit a stand mixer with the paddle attachment) until fluffy and pale brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the mayonnaise, vanilla and egg until fluffy and combined, about 30 seconds. Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed until mostly combined, then add all but 1/4 cup of the chopped chocolate. Stir by hand until completely combined and there is no dry flour visible.
• Place 5 dough scoops onto each prepared baking sheet using a 1/4 cup ice cream scoop, spacing them 2 to 3 inches apart. Divide the remaining chopped chocolate between the scoops, pressing a little into the top of each one (see Cook's Note).
• Bake until the cookies are browned and just set on top, but still very soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Serve warm or room temperature. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
• Cook's Note: When measuring flour, we spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off the excess. (Scooping directly from the bag compacts the flour, resulting in dry baked goods.)
• This dough is great for freezing for up to 6 months. Freeze on the baking sheet until firm and then transfer to a resealable bag. Bake from frozen for 12 to 14 minutes.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda in a bowl. In a bowl of an electric mixer, or with a handheld mixer, combine butter and sugars until fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, and wine and combine. Slowly in batches add the flour mixture until just combined. Fold in the chocolate and cherries. On a nonstick cookie sheet, place a heaping tablespoon of dough for each cookie about 2 inches apart from each other. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until tops are still soft looking but edges look firm.

CHOCOLATE-CHUNK COOKIES WITH PECANS, DRIED APRICOTS, AND TART CHERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat in flour mixture until just combined.
• Chop chocolate into 1/2-inch pieces and stir into batter with apricots, cherries, and pecans. Working in batches, drop dough by heaping tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, about 12 minutes total, or until golden. Cool cookies on baking sheets on racks 5 minutes and transfer with a spatula to racks to cool. Cookies keep in airtight containers at room temperature 5 days.