Chewy Chocolate-Cherry Cookies
Chewy Chocolate-Cherry Cookies are sure to please anyone who craves chocolate. A twist on a classic chocolate cookie. These cookies are chewy, full of flavor, and filled with chocolate chips and dried cherries. Best of all, they are just 84 calories a cookie!
Servings 30 cookies
Calories 84kcal
Equipment
- KitchenAid Stand Mixer
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- ⅔ cup dried cherries
- ¼ cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift flour, then lightly fill measuring cup and level off. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt (stir).
- In a large bowl, place sugar and butter in bowl and beat using a mixer on high until well combined. Then add vanilla and egg and beat. Place the mixer on a low speed and slowly add the flour mixture to the bowl; beat just until well combined. Then, fold in dried cherries and mini chocolate chips.
- Spray a cookie tray with cooking spray. Then drop a tablespoon full of batter on to the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees (or just until set). Remove the cookies from the oven and allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Then remove the cookies from the pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Notes
Adapted from Cooking Light, December 2005
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 84kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 51mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 167IU | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg