Chocolate Cherry Dream Cookies
Ingredients
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12 oz.) chocolate chips
1¼ cups dried tart Montmorency cherries (from Trader Joe’s)
Original Source
This recipe is a variation of Nestle’s Double-Chocolate Dream Cookies.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375°.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl until creamy.
Beat in eggs for about 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
Gradually beat in flour mixture.
Stir in chocolate chips and dried cherries.
Drop by rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until cookies are puffed.
Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
This recipe makes about 90 small cookies or 60 larger cookies.
Notes from Mom
The punch-in-the-eye cookies are much harder and more time consuming to make than regular cookies. You need to have a sifter for this recipe, and the ingredients are expensive (high-quality chocolate, Dutch processed cocoa, dried sour cherries). You may want to try the recipe for chocolate cherry dream cookies instead. They are also very good, and they are easier and less expensive to make. You could always omit the dried cherries if you can’t find them or substitute a different flavor of chips for the cherries.
Love,
Mom
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