Maraschino cherry chocolate cookies. Maraschino Cherry Almond Chocolate Cookies are easy shortbread cookies full of cherries and semi-sweet chocolate chips. There is a touch of almond flavoring to complement the cookie. They are so quick to come together.
Optional: flatten cookies out using the palm of your hand, or the bottom of a glass.
Something about the combination of chocolate and cherry in these cookies make them so pretty and addictive!
This year I started my holiday baking with a different take on my favourite cookie from last year, the chocolate and maraschino cherry shortbread cookies, except that this time I used the same cherry and chocolate flavour combo in chocolate chip cookies!
You can cook Maraschino cherry chocolate cookies using 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Maraschino cherry chocolate cookies
- It's 1 cup of butter softened.
- You need 1 cup of powdered sugar.
- You need 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour.
- Prepare 2 of –3 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice.
- It's 1/2 cup of maraschino cherries chopped.
- It's 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chip morsels.
You really just cannot go wrong with chocolate chip cookies and throwing cherries into the mix will only make things better since the. These Maraschino Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies are really easy to make, with a little extra care given to the sliced maraschino cherries so that the red syrup doesn't bleed through all of your cookies 🙂 It is up to you how large or small you would like your cherry chunks, but for me I like to cut most into quarters with a few halves mixed in. Maraschino Cherry Shortbread Cookies - make these classic shortbread cookies with red bits of Maraschino cherries, and you will get a beautiful Christmas dessert. These colorful Christmas cookies are the simplest recipe to follow, and a sweet way to celebrate with your family!
Maraschino cherry chocolate cookies step by step
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl with mixer beat butter until smooth and creamy. Beat in powdered sugar. Turn mixer to stir or low and slowly add flour mixing in until incorporated. Mix in maraschino cherry juice and maraschino cherries. Stir in chocolate chips..
- Roll into 1 inch balls and place on parchment paper. Spray bottom the of a glass with non stick cooking spray and flatten balls. You will need to spray glass several times. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing cookies to cookie cooling racks..
Place a cherry half in each indentation. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips with milk, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in cherry juice until blended. Add oats, coconut, cherries, and chocolate chips until just mixed in. Maraschino Cherry White Chocolate Cookies are perfect for anyone who loves cherries and melt-in-your-mouth cookies.