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DAY 5 – Pistachio & Dark Chocolate Biscotti
DAY 9 – Bourbon Maple Pecan Shortbread Cookies
We affectionately call these guys “BML Cookies” because my brother-in-law, Brian (“BML”) has a soft spot for chocolate covered cherries. When I lived near my sister, we shopped quite a bit, and at the end of every shopping trip we’d swing by Godiva to pick up chocolate covered cherries for Brian.
I always assumed the chocolate cherries were her way of distracting him from all the other bags she brought into the house! See, she was brave and brought all her shopping in at one time…not like our mom who leaves things in the trunk and brings them in one by one. Every time dad notices something new, she says, “This? Oh, I’ve had this for a while!” Haha poor pops!
Complete with rich cocoa, dark chocolate, tart cherries…these babies are amazing! I’m pretty sure our BML would approve. They’re also beautiful. They’re crinkle cookies, like the lemon ones I posted a few days back, but because the chocolate is so dark the crinkles are more pronounced which makes them absolutely stunning.
A few things are really important in this recipe:
1.
It’s important to use “tart” cherries because you need that tartness to balance the sweet chocolate.
2.
It’s also important to use good quality chocolate because while the tart cherries are delicious, the chocolate is really the star in this recipe.
3.
To get a really distinct “crinkle” roll your dough balls in powdered sugar TWICE to ensure full coverage.
CHOCOLATE CHERRY CRINKLE COOKIES
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
4 Tbsp butter
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
⅓ cup dark chocolate chunks/chips
⅓ cup dried tart cherries
Powdered sugar for coating
How to:
Preheat oven to 350°
In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a small microwavable bowl, melt butter in microwave. Add cocoa to melted butter. Whisk until smooth.
Stir in egg and vanilla. Mix well.
Pour chocolate mixture into flour mixture and stir until just combined. Do not over mix.
Fold chocolate and cherries into the dough until evenly distributed.
Roll dough into 2” balls, roll each ball in the powdered sugar TWICE, and place dough ball on parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake 12-14 minutes.
Do not overbake these guys…you want them ooey and gooey.
