Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Total Time: 49 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried cherries
• 1/2 cup cherry flavored liqueur
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 plump dried cherries by covering with boiling water.
• 2 soak for 5.minutes,
• 3 drain and toss with cherry liqueur. for best flavor, allow.
• 4 cherries to marinate in the cherry liqueur several hours or overnight.
• 5 in separate mixing bowl, cream butter with sugars;
• 6 blend in egg, vanilla. and almond extract.
• 7 fold in salt, baking soda and flour.
• 8 drain cherries and fold into mixture with and semi-sweet chocolate.
• 9 and macadamia nuts (optional).
• 10 refrigerate dough at least one hour. before baking.
• 11 preheat oven to 350º.
• 12 drop batter onto greased cookie sheet by the.heaping teaspoon.
• 13 bake until lightly golden, 12 to 14 minutes.
• 14 remove from cookie sheet and place on wire rack to cool.
• 15 prep time doesn't include time for rehydrating cherries.