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Chewy Chocolate-Cherry Cookies

Chewy Chocolate-Cherry Cookies are sure to please anyone who craves chocolate. A twist on a classic chocolate cookie. These cookies are chewy, full of flavor, and filled with chocolate chips and dried cherries. Best of all, they are just 84 calories a cookie!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 84 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ⅓ cup butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • ⅔ cup dried cherries
  • ¼ cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
  • cooking spray

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Sift flour, then lightly fill measuring cup and level off. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt (stir).
  3. In a large bowl, place sugar and butter in bowl and beat using a mixer on high until well combined. Then add vanilla and egg and beat. Place the mixer on a low speed and slowly add the flour mixture to the bowl; beat just until well combined. Then, fold in dried cherries and mini chocolate chips.
  4. Spray a cookie tray with cooking spray. Then drop a tablespoon full of batter on to the cookie sheet.
  5. Bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees (or just until set). Remove the cookies from the oven and allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Then remove the cookies from the pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Notes

  • Adapted from Cooking Light, December 2005

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 84kcal (4%) Carbohydrates 13g (4%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 3g (5%) Saturated Fat 2g (10%) Cholesterol 11mg (4%) Sodium 51mg (2%) Potassium 41mg (1%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 9g (18%) Vitamin A 167IU (3%) Calcium 11mg (1%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 30cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 84

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 84kcal 4%
Carbohydrates 13g 4%
Protein 1g 2%
Fat 3g 5%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 11mg 4%
Sodium 51mg 2%
Potassium 41mg 1%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 9g 18%
Vitamin A 167IU 3%
Calcium 11mg 1%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.