Chocolate Chip-Cherry Chunk Cookies

Name: Chocolate Chip-Cherry Chunk Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: about 4 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon maple flavoring; 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 5 teaspoons baking cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1 cup white baking chips; 1/2 cup dried cherries or dried cranberries; 1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut

My grandmas and mom created this dough (a mix of chocolate chips, cherries and spices, and a combo of their favorite parts of different cookies), my dad made the homemade ice cream to turn them into ice cream sandwiches. We'd eat these sandwiches in the summer heat, each bite cooling us as the ice cream melted down our arms. —Wade Rouse, Fennville, Michigan. For more info on author Wade Rouse, please visit www.ViolaShipman.com

Ingredients

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
5 teaspoons baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup white baking chips
1/2 cup dried cherries or dried cranberries
1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, gradually adding sugars, until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in egg, vanilla and maple flavoring.
In another bowl, sift together flour, baking cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually beat into creamed mixture just until moistened (do not overbeat). Stir in semisweet chocolate and white baking chips, dried cherries and coconut.
Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly. Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 92 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 49mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Chip-Cherry Chunk Cookies in Taste of Home Summer 2018

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meaganteal

Jul 5, 2018

Nice cookie. I am not a fan of cherries, but my husband ate six cookies at one time. Nice and moist, good thickness.
delowenstein

Jun 2, 2018

I had the chance to make these cookies on 5/31/18. They're great! I did grease the baking sheets for easier removal! I also took some of these cookies to sell in our coffee shop and the rest went to our pot luck meal on 6/1/18! Thank you, Wade Rouse (aka Viola Shipman)!