Double Chocolate Cabernet Cherry Cookies

Submitted by jessi_mcg

"These came about when I was torn between Annacia's Recipe #210132 and cookies for a family gathering. They turned out soooo :yummy:, and aren't all that unhealthy to boot!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 52

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup Smart Balance butter spread
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3⁄4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 7 ounces baking chocolate (63% cacoa)
• 1⁄2 cup dry red wine
• 2⁄3 cup dried cranberries (cherry flavored if possible)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. In a small bowl soak cranberries in wine for 5-10 minutes.
3. In a large bowl, cream sugars and Smart Balance.
4. Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
5. Make a well in the center of the bowl and combine dry ingredients, then incorporate into sugar mixture.
6. Fold in chocolate and cranberries.
7. Drop in even tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet.
8. Bake 8-10 minutes then cool.

Reviews

[Mudflower]

Oh this dough is naughty! And the cookies themselves are great too :) They are a little sophisticated, but still just simple cookies. I wasn't sure whether to leave all the wine on the cherries or not, so I used about 1/3 of it. The dough was very stiff, almost roll-able, and made nice shapely cookies with rather elegant cracks across the top. I imagine if I had poured all the wine into the batter it would have resulted in a more typical choc chip cookie look. I made them for a party and they caused many of my friends to curse me for destroying their diets :) I was pleased. Will definitely be adding them to my list of regular cookies to make. Thanks!