Chewy Chocolate Chunk-Cherry Cookies

Name: Chewy Chocolate Chunk-Cherry Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 110 min
Ingredients: 3.5 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 3 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 cups packed light-brown sugar; 1 cup granulated sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (2 ½ cups); 8 ounces dried cherries (1 ½ cups)

By

Martha Stewart Editors

Updated on May 16, 2017

Prep Time:

25 mins

Total Time:

1 hrs 50 mins

Yield:

40

These crave-worthy cookies have a kiss ofcherry and make a sweet valentine when sealedwith a personalized cherry-hearts tag. Try swapping the cherries fordried cranberries, which arejust as tart and a cinch to find.

Ingredients

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons salt
3 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups packed light-brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
12 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (2 ½ cups)
8 ounces dried cherries (1 ½ cups)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisktogether flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat butterand sugars until pale and fluffy.Add eggs, 1 at a time, beatingwell after each addition. Beat invanilla, then flour mixture.Beat in chocolate and cherries.Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
Roll dough into 1 3/4-inch balls(about 3 tablespoons each),and arrange on parchment-linedbaking sheets, spacing about3 inches apart. Bake until edgesare golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Letcool on sheets set on wire racksfor 10 minutes. Transfer cookiesto racks; let cool completely.

Cook's Notes

Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.