Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Bake up a batch of these Chocolate Cherry Cookies and you'll have smiles all around! These cookies are chocolatey, with a cherry on top - perfect for dunking in your morning coffee or afternoon tea.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup cocoa powder plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened or 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
- ⅓ cup buttermilk
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup maraschino cherries stems removed, chopped and blotted dry
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Using a stand or hand mixer on low speed, cream the butter until smooth (about 30 seconds). Add sugar, egg, vanilla, cocoa powder, and buttermilk. Mix well.
- Add in flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix well. Fold in cherries until well combined.
- Drop 1-2 rounded tablespoons of dough onto a cookie sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookie springs back when touched.
- Let cool and enjoy!