Dark Cherry Chocolate Cookies
With deep chocolate flavor from cocoa and bittersweet chips, and a burst of cherry from the morsels and extract, these cookies are so much better than chocolate covered cherries.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature , 2 sticks
- ½ cup sugar
- 1¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cherry extract
- 2 eggs, large
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 2¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup chopped cherry-flavored baking morsels, or finely grated
- 1 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips
- powdered confectioners sugar to sprinkle on top, optional
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, soda, and salt.
- In a separate large bowl, cream together softened butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and cherry extract until creamy.
- Beat in eggs until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Beat in corn syrup. Gradually beat in flour mixture until combined. Stir in the chopped cherry chips and the cacao chips.
- Drop by extra-large teaspoons full onto a baking sheet. (Makes 6 cookies at a time on regular sized cookie sheets.) Bake at 375˚ for 15 minutes or until the edges are crispy and the middle is just set.
- Cool on pan for 5 minutes and then transfer to wire rack. When completely cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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