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Chewy, chocolaty cookies with tart cherries for contrast.
chocolate
cherr y crackles
Place the cocoa, fl our, baking powder, and salt in a small
bowl. Stir ingredients together with a wooden spoon to
aerate and blend dry ingredients.
Place the melted butter and sugar in the Cuisinart
™
mixing bowl. Insert the fl at mixing paddle. Turn to
speed 3. Mix ingredients until smooth, about 30
seconds. With stand mixer running on speed 3, add the
eggs, one at a time, beating for 10 seconds after each
egg is added, and then add vanilla. Beat until smooth
and creamy on Speed 3, 30 seconds. Scrape the bowl
and paddle. Press the Fold button to mix in the dry
ingredients in 2 additions. Mix until just combined,
about 30 seconds. Mix on speed 3 for 1 minute until
thick and creamy. Add chocolate morsels and cherries,
and mix on speed 2 until just blended, 15 to 20 seconds.
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line baking sheets with parch-
ment or nonstick baking liners. Shape dough into 1-inch
balls, coat generously in confectioners’ sugar, and
arrange on baking sheets 1 inch apart. Bake for about
12 minutes until tops appear crackled. Cool on sheets 2
minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
9
tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
(preferably Dutch process)
1½ cups unbleached, all-purpose fl our
1½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon
salt
9
tablespoons unsalted butter,
melted
1½ cups granulated sugar
3
large eggs
2
teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1
teaspoon almond extract
¾
cup mini chocolate morsels
¾
cup dried tart cherries
1
cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted
Makes about 48 cookies
