Chocolate-Cherry Heart Smart Cookies

(from elchallis’s recipe box)

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 30 people

Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup AP flour
  • 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1.5 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/3 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup dried cherries
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • Cooking spray

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Weigh or lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours and next 3 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl; stir with a whisk.

  3. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat; add brown sugar, stirring until smooth. Add sugar mixture to flour mixture; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add cherries, vanilla, and egg; beat until combined. Fold in chocolate. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes. Cool on pans 3 minutes or until almost firm. Remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks.

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