Chewy Chocolate Chunk-Cherry Cookies

By dbfv101

Ingredients

• Prep: 25 minutes
• Total: 1 hour, 50 minutes
• Ingredients
• Makes about 40
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 cups packed light-brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (2 1/2 cups)
• 8 ounces dried cherries (1 1/2 cups)

Details

Servings 40
Adapted from marthastewart.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat butter and sugars until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla, then flour mixture. Beat in chocolate and cherries. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
Roll dough into 1 3/4-inch balls (about 3 tablespoons each), and arrange on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing about 3 inches apart. Bake until edges are golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool on sheets set on wire racks for 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks; let cool completely.
From Martha Stewart Living, February 2011 | Send a Free Preview Issue!
Helpful Hint

Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.