Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Submitted by amandafl

"CHOCOLATE CHERRY COOKIES - received on a recipe share site"

 

• Ready In: 49mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 24-36 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup dried cherries
• 1⁄2 cup cherry flavored liqueur
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 cup white chocolate chips, coarsely chopped
• 1⁄2 cup semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1⁄2 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped

directions

1. Plump dried cherries by covering with boiling water.
2. soak for 5.minutes,
3. drain and toss with cherry liqueur. For best flavor, allow.
4. cherries to marinate in the cherry liqueur several hours or overnight.
5. In separate mixing bowl, cream butter with sugars;
6. blend in egg, vanilla. and almond extract.
7. Fold in salt, baking soda and flour.
8. Drain cherries and fold into mixture with white and semi-sweet chocolate.
9. and macadamia nuts (optional).
10. Refrigerate dough at least one hour. before baking.
11. Preheat oven to 350º.
12. Drop batter onto greased cookie sheet by the.heaping teaspoon.
13. Bake until lightly golden, 12 to 14 minutes.
14. Remove from cookie sheet and place on wire rack to cool.
15. Prep time doesn't include time for rehydrating cherries.