Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Submitted by mydesigirl

"YUMMY...with chocolate and cherries--what's not to love?"

 

• Ready In: 42mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 4 dozen

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 egg
• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup dried cherries

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. In a large bowl, beat sugar, butter, milk, almond extract, and egg with an electric mixer until smooth.
3. Stir in remaining ingredients.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
5. Bake 10-12 minutes or until no longer shiny.
6. Immediately remove from cookie sheet and place on cooling rack.

Reviews

[Marlene.]

Your introduction says it all for me ... chocolate and cherries, what's not to love! LOL I DID have to make a change, which I don't like to do when trying a recipe for the first time, but I never have dried cherries. I used extremely well drained and paper towel patted dry maraschino in place of the dried. They worked wonderfully! These will definitely be made again , it's one of my favorite flavor combinations!! Thanks for posting this recipe! (and I'm glad I lost the bet! I got a new cookie out of it! LOL)

 

[Sassy J]

A great Betty Crocker recipe. Was out of almond extract, so sub'd 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. Divine taste and soft chewy texture. Will try with almond extract.