Rich Chocolate-Cherry Cookies
Serving: Yields: about 3 dozen cookies
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes plus cooling
1 package (8 ounces) semisweet-chocolate squares, coarsely chopped
6 tablespoons margarine or butter, cut up
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 package (6 ounces) semisweet-chocolate chips (1 cup)
1 cup dried tart cherries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In 3-quart saucepan, melt chocolate
with margarine or butter over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove
saucepan from heat and, with wire whisk, stir in sugar and vanilla
until blended. Whisk in eggs, 1 at a time. With spoon, stir in flour,
cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Add chocolate chips and cherries,
stir just until evenly mixed.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoons, 1 1/2 inches apart, onto
ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake 13 to 15 minutes, until tops of
cookies are set. Let cookies remain on cookie sheet on wire rack 1
minute to cool slightly. With wide metal spatula, transfer cookies to
wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough. Store
cookies in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks.
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