Receta Welcome to Cookie Week: Chocolate Cherry Chews
Welcome to Cookie Week: Chocolate Cherry Chews
- November 3, 2014 By Isabelle Boucher | Filed Under: bars and cookies, chocolate, dessert
Lately it feels like I’m a hamster on a wheel, trying frantically to keep up with the months as they race by at breakneck speed. I mean, I’d only just barely gotten used to the fact that it’s already fall, and then wham! Snow.
(OK, so it was just a little flurry on a lazy Saturday morning. But still… it was literally the first day of November, dammit. Give me a week or two to acclimatise, please!)
My first reaction was to pull the covers over my head and spend the rest of the day hiding in bed, but I’d already planned on spending the weekend preparing for Cookie Week, so I dragged myself out of bed and decided (after chugging a couple of coffees to fortify myself) that this wasn’t such a bad way to spend a cold, winter-is-almost-here sort of day. It’s hard to stay grumpy when there are homebaked cookies to look forward to.
That’s especially true when the cookies in question are these Chocolate Cherry Chews, which pair up tart dried cherries with semisweet chocolate in one ooey-gooey cookie-shaped package.
In the hierarchy of chocolate desserts, these cookies land somewhere between a delicate meringue and a gooey brownie, with a crisp outer shell that gives way to a gooey, chewy, chocolatey centre. They’re almost tooth-achingly sweet, but the cherries provide a much needed pop of tartness to keep things in balance.
These work especially well for chasing away the is-it-winter-already blues because chocolate, as everyone knows, has magical happiness-inducing properties. I’m firmly convinced that this effect is doubled when the chocolate in question is baked into something gooey and sweet. I mean, have you met anyone who doesn’t smile when presented with a chewy still-warm brownie? (OK, so maybe there are some exceptions to this rule. But they’re just weird.)
Unfortunately, the magical properties of chocolate won’t make the snow go away or slow down the weeks between now and winter’s official arrival, but at least they’ll soften the blow somewhat.
Chocolate Cherry Chews These cookies have a crackly crisp outside and a gooey soft inside... part meringue, part brownie, and all awesome. Author: Isabelle Boucher (Crumb) Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 30 Ingredients
4 oz semisweet chocolate, roughly chopped 4 oz unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped ¼ cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes ½ cup flour ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 2 large eggs 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ cup dried cherries ½ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Using a double-boiler or in the microwave, melt the chocolate and butter together until smooth and combined. Set aside to cool for 5 minutes. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt. In a second bowl, whisk together the cooled melted chocolate with eggs, sugar and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined. Add the dry ingredients and mix until just barely combined. Fold in the dried cherries and chocolate chips. (The batter may look a little runny, almost like brownie batter. This is perfectly fine. Resist the urge to add more flour!) Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing 2" apart. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the cookies are shiny and crackly on top and set around the edges. Let cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. 3.2.2802
Welcome to the second annual Cookie Week, hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of The Girl In the Little Red Kitchen! I’m teaming up with 10 other talented bloggers to bring you five fantastic days of cookie recipes to get you into the holiday spirit. Whether you’re prepping for a holiday cookie exchange or having friends and family over for sweet treats, it’s time to break out the flour, butter, sugar and eggs, because we’ve got you covered!
Our sponsors for this event have provided us with some great prizes. A big thanks to Imperial Sugar, Circulon, Peanut Butter & Co. and Page Street Publishing for being a part of Cookie Week, and for their generous contributions.
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