Triple Chocolate-cherry Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 9 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 ounces bittersweet baking chocolate, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/3 cups vanilla baking chips
• 3/4 cup maraschino cherry, without stems, coarsely chopped and well drained
• 1 teaspoon oil
• 24 maraschino cherries, drained and cut in half

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly grease cookie sheets.
• 3 in large bowl, beat butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in melted bittersweet chocolate and eggs.
• 5 on low speed, beat in flour, cocoa, and baking soda until mixed.
• 6 fold in 1 cup of the vanilla chips and 3/4 cup chopped cherries.
• 7 drop by tsp about 2 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.
• 8 bake 9-11 minutes or until set.
• 9 do not overbake.
• 10 cool 2 minutes on pan.
• 11 remove to wire racks and cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• 12 meanwhile, in a small microwavable bowl, put remaining vanilla chips and oil.
• 13 microwave on high 30 seconds (depending on your microwave) .
• 14 stir.
• 15 if necessary, microwave in 10 second intervals, stirring between each, until chips are melted and smooth.
• 16 spoon drop of melted vanilla chip mixture in center of each cookie and top with a cherry half.
• 17 drizzle remaining vanilla chip mixture over cookies.