Chocolate Cherry Cookies
User Reviews
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Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder or 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
- ⅓ cup buttermilk
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup maraschino cherries stems removed, chopped and blotted dry
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Using a stand or hand mixer on low speed, cream the butter until smooth (about 30 seconds). Add sugar, egg, vanilla, cocoa powder, and buttermilk. Mix well until completely combined.
- Add in flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix well then fold in cherries until well combined.
- Drop 1-2 rounded tablespoons of dough onto a cookie sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
- Place baking sheet in preheated oven and bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookie springs back when touched.
- Remove from oven, let cook 2 minutes on baking sheet and remove to wire cookie rack to completely cool.
Notes
- Cookies will keep well in an airtight container for two to three days. You can also freeze them in a freezer bag for up to three months. We recommend separating them with wax or parchment paper because they cookies are a bit sticky.
Cookies will keep well in an airtight container for two to three days. You can also freeze them in a freezer bag for up to three months. We recommend separating them with wax or parchment paper because they cookies are a bit sticky.
- This recipe has one cup of chopped cherries. If you want to add chocolate chips I recommend reducing the cherries to 1/2 cup and adding 1/2 cup of chocolate chips.
- It’s important to dry the cherries so they don’t make the cookie dough too wet. I like to chop them first and then blot them dry with a paper towel or dish towel.
- When you add the cherries to the dough, fold them in evenly so they are throughout the dough.
- These chocolate cherry cookies don’t spread much so if you want bigger cookies, drop bigger scoops of the dough onto the cookie sheets. I think two tablespoons is a good amount and will take about 10 minutes to bake.
- These cookies are very soft and sticky so when you store them use wax paper to separate layers so they don’t stick together.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 123 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 123kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 17mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 109mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 34mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 138IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 14mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.