Chocolate Cherry Cookies | Chocolate Thumbprint Recipe | Christmas Cookies
Our Chocolate Cherry Cookies recipe makes delicious chocolate thumbprint cookies with maraschino cherries and are such a treat! Maraschino cherries are tucked into to rich chocolate butter cookies, baked and then covered with a chocolate cherry sauce. This chocolate cherry cookie recipe will make about 24 thumbprint cookies.
00:00 Chocolate Cherry Cookies
00:35 Ingredients for Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies With Cherries
01:00 Making Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
03:14 Adding Maraschino Cherries
04:03 Making Chocolate Cherry Coating
04:47 Covering Chocolate Cherry Cookies With Chocolate
Chocolate Cherry Cookies Ingredients
1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
8 tablespoons salted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
about 36 maraschino cherries, undrained
Chocolate Cherry Coating Ingredients
2 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons sugar
4 oz chocolate melting wafers, or chocolate chips
Chocolate Cherry Cookies Directions
In a large bowl, measure out 1 1/4 cups flour, ½ cup cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt. Give this a whisk to combine, and set it aside for later.
In a large bowl, add 8 tablespoons of softened butter, and use a hand or stand mixer to beat the butter for about a minute. Add 1 cup sugar and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes until it’s light and fluffy, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl a few times.
Add one egg, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, and a teaspoon of almond extract, and beat on medium speed for about a minute until well blended, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Begin adding the flour mixture, start with tipping in a half and mixing.
Okay, once it’s mixed in, scrape down the bowl and add the rest of the flour. Mix just until incorporated. Take about a tablespoon of the dough and roll it between your hands to form balls that are about an inch in size. Space them on a parchment lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
Use your thumb to press a small indent into the top of each cookie, you could also use a round ½ teaspoon measure. Put a maraschino cherry, cut side down, in the indent of each cookie. Don’t drain the maraschino cherries from the jar, we’re going to use the juice to make the cherry chocolate coating. Once you’ve added all the cherries, chill the cookies for an hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the cookies into the 350 oven and bake for about 20 minutes, until the cookies are just set around the edges. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then on a wire rack.
While the cookies are cooling, combine 2 tablespoons of water, 2 tablespoons of the maraschino cherry juice, and two tablespoons of sugar in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, using a whisk to stir every so often. Bring the liquid to a simmer and once the sugar has dissolved, add about half of the chocolate wafers. If you don’t have chocolate wafers, you can also use chocolate chips. Stir to melt, add the rest of the chocolate, i’m using about ½ or 4 oz of chocolate. Once the chocolate has melted, remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes.
Spoon the melted cherry flavored chocolate over each cookie. Let the topping cool briefly, then add another layer of melted chocolate. I put these in the refrigerator to chill and harden the chocolate coating.
These chocolate cherry thumbprint cookies are part of our Christmas Cookie series, where we’ve got so many new flavors and favorite easy cookies for you. From thumbprints, pinwheels and butter cookies to gingersnaps, meringues, all kinds of icebox, rolled and drop cookies! I’m so excited to share all of them with you! Check the links below for recipe videos and playlists!
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How to make chocolate chip cookies with maraschino cherries in them!
1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup well drained chopped maraschino cherries
3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients in another bowl (flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda).
Gradually add the dry ingredient mix to the creamed mixture and stir until well combined.
Stir in chocolate chips, nuts (if using) and cherries.
Place a couple of inches apart on a greased cookie sheet (or covered with silicone mat or parchment paper).
Bake at 375 F for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
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1 Cup of butter room temperature
1/2 cup of powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon of water
1 teaspoon of coconut extract, you can you vanilla or almond extract if you dont want to use coconut extract
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1 cup of quick oats
1/2 teaspoon of salt
36 maraschino cherries drained
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2 cups of powdered sugar
1/3 cup of milk
2 cups of shredded sweetened coconut chopped
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Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies | Southern Living
These sweet treats are from Southern chef Damaris Phillips' first cookbook.
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Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups (190 g) all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup (45 g) quick-cooking rolled oats; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 3/4 cup (11/2 sticks/170 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 cup (220 g) packed light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons plain; Greek yogurt or milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 large egg; 2/3 cup (115 g) dark chocolate chips; 1/3 cup (50 g) dried tart cherries
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How to make Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies have a slightly crisp outside with a soft chewy inside, topped with a cherry and chocolate glaze. What could be better!
Ingredients:
This recipe will yield 2 dozen cookies using a 1 tablespoon scoop.
1¼ cup All Purpose Flour
½ cup Cocoa Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoon Kosher salt
1 stick butter (8 tablespoons) at room temp
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg at room temp
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
24-26 maraschino stems removed, drain and reserve 4 tablespoons of the juice. Or if not using a whole jar remove 26 cherries and reserve 2-4 tablespoons of the juice.
Chocolate glaze: The following measurements will be enough glaze to glaze all the cookies. If you want a thicker glaze like I did, double the measurements.
2 tablespoons of the cherry juice
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
0:00 - Intro & Ingredients
2:11 - Making the cookies
20:10 - Making the Chocolate Glaze
23:23 - Adding the Glaze to the Cookie
29:33 - Tasting