These drop cookies can be mixed and baked in no time with pantry staples. They turn out chocolatey, chewy and perfect for a last minute sweet treat for gifting, or keeping.
By Dianna Muscari
These Chocolate-Cherry Cookies are so simple and really yummy. I love the combo of chocolate and cherry together, and currently, I happen to enjoy anything and everything with a little tartness. 
I’m a fan of any cookie that comes together super fast with pantry staples {we almost always have dried fruit of some kind, so that’s a pantry staple to me}. Not to mention, drop cookies. Scoop, plop and bake. Love. They turn out chocolatey, chewy and perfect for a last minute sweet treat for gifting {or keeping!}.
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Chocolate-Cherry Cookies
Description
These drop cookies can be mixed and baked in no time with pantry staples. They turn out chocolatey, chewy and perfect for a last minute sweet treat for gifting, or keeping. Adapted from Cooking Light
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup {5 tablespoons} butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup dried cherries
- 3 tablespoons mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 a baking pans by lining with parchment paper or using a silicone baking mat.
- In a a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg and mix until well incorporated. Mix in vanilla extract.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to the butter mixture until just combined. Stir in dried cherries and mini chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon measure, place balls of dough about 2 inches apart on the baking pan. Bake for about 12 minutes, until just set. {They’ll seem undercooked when you take them out, but they’ll become more solid as they cool.}
- Remove pan from oven and allow cookies to cool a bit before moving them to a wire rack so they don’t fall apart.
- Category: Baking
