CHOCOLATE CHERRY THUMBPRINT COOKIES

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These cookies are a chocolate lovers dream cookie! Adding melted chocolate to the cookie intensifies the flavor. Soft and chewy, I'm reminded of a chocolate covered cherry with each bite. We know we eat with our eyes first, and creating a thumbprint cookie with the cherry in the middle is adorable. Drizzling chocolate across the...

Provided by Katrina Freed

Categories     Chocolate

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 c sugar
2/3 c butter (1 stick plus 3 tablespoons)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 c chocolate chips (divided)
2 c oatmeal, uncooked
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 jar(s) maraschino cherries, 8 oz.

Steps:

  • 1. Cut butter into pats and beat with electric mixer until creamy, then add sugar.
  • 2. While butter is mixing drain cherries and cut each in half.
  • 3. Beat sugar and butter till blended then add eggs and vanilla. Beat till smooth.
  • 4. Mix in dry ingredients.
  • 5. Melt 1 cup chocolate chips in 30 second intervals at half power in a glass bowl in the microwave till smooth and creamy.
  • 6. Add melted chocolate to cookie dough and mix well.
  • 7. Using a small cookie scoop make evenly sized cookies and place on parchment paper lined cookie sheets.
  • 8. Using your thumb make an impression and fill with half a cherry.
  • 9. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes and allow to cool on the cookie sheet before transferring to wax paper.
  • 10. When cookies cool, melt remaining cup of chocolate chips in the microwave then transfer to a pastry bag and drizzle onto each cookie.

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