Cherry Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Chewy Cherry Chocolate Chunk Cookies that melt in your mouth. Tons of dried cherries and gooey melted chocolate in every bite!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 230g) cold unsalted butter cubed
- ⅔ cup (135g) caster sugar or granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup (135g) packed light brown sugar
- 1½ cups (200g) dried cherries
- 8 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate chopped
- 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp (10g) baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp almond extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- With a large bowl and hand mixer or in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat cubed butter and both caster sugar (or granulated sugar) and light brown sugar on low speed until small clumps form.
- Add cherries and chocolate to the sugar mixture and mix until combined. (About 15 seconds.) Make sure to scrape down the bowl with a spatula when needed.
- With the mixer on low, add dry ingredients and combine until the mixture is a dry and crumbly consistency. (See photo in blog post for reference.)
- In a small bowl beat together eggs, vanilla, and almond extracts and add to the mixture. Mix just until a dough starts to form.
- Scoop dough with an ice-cream scoop onto a parchment lined baking tray that will fit into the freezer. Freeze dough for at least one hour (ideally overnight.)
- Preheat oven to 355°F and take cookies out of the freezer. Bake cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper for 22-24 minutes or until light golden brown on bottom. Repeat with the rest of the cookie dough and enjoy!