Description
Sumptuous chocolate cherry cookies blend rich cocoa with tart cherries in a delightful dessert. Cherry-studded chocolate treats promise pure indulgence for passionate bakers who crave irresistible homemade sweets.
Ingredients
Scale
- ¾ cups (168 g) unsalted butter
- ¾ cups (165 g) light brown sugar
- ¼ cups (50 g) granulated white sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 ½ cups (188 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cups (40 g) Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsps vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 5 oz (141 g) chocolate (Endangered Species Chocolate Vibrant Cherries + Dark Chocolate)
- ¼ cups + 2 tbsps (90 ml) heavy cream
- ¼ cups (85 g) cherry preserves
Instructions
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Whisk cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and sea salt in a medium bowl until completely integrated, creating a uniform dry mixture.
- Sugar Transformation: Cream butter with brown and granulated sugars using an electric mixer until the blend becomes light, fluffy, and pale.
- Wet Component Integration: Mix in egg yolks and vanilla extract, beating until the mixture achieves a silky, aerated consistency.
- Dough Formation: Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture on low speed, stopping just as ingredients combine to prevent overmixing.
- Dough Preparation: Roll dough into 32 uniform spheres, creating a subtle indentation in each cookie’s center using a ¼ teaspoon measuring spoon.
- Chill and Develop: Refrigerate dough for one hour to enhance flavor complexity and stabilize texture.
- Baking Procedure: Preheat oven to 350°F, line baking sheets with parchment paper, and arrange cookies with strategic spacing.
- Cookie Execution: Bake for 10 minutes, achieving crisp exterior with tender centers, rotating sheet midway for even heat distribution.
- Shaping Refinement: Immediately after removing from oven, gently re-press cookie centers and trim edges using a circular cutter if desired.
- Cooling Protocol: Rest cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack for complete temperature stabilization.
- Ganache Crafting: Combine chopped chocolate with near-boiling heavy cream, stirring until achieving a glossy, smooth consistency.
- Flavor Enhancement: Incorporate cherry preserves into ganache, ensuring complete and thorough blending.
- Filling Technique: Delicately spoon approximately one teaspoon of ganache into each cookie’s center, creating an elegant finish.
- Final Setting: Refrigerate cookies for 10-15 minutes, allowing ganache to set and stabilize completely.
- Storage Strategy: Preserve cookies in an airtight container, maintaining optimal flavor and texture for up to three days.
Notes
- Chill for Flavor Perfection: Refrigerating the dough for an hour allows ingredients to meld, intensifying the rich chocolate and butter taste.
- Create Uniform Cookies: Use a cookie scoop to ensure consistent size and even baking, preventing some cookies from overcooking.
- Master the Center Indent: Gently press the cookie centers immediately after baking to maintain a perfect well for the ganache filling.
- Ganache Texture Matters: Stir the chocolate and cream slowly and thoroughly to achieve a silky-smooth ganache that will beautifully fill each cookie.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 247
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 57 mg