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  • February 8, 2023

Chewy and Nutty Chocolate Cookies

May 23, 2013 By Betsy Cohen

Out My Front Door

Chewy and Nutty Chocolate CookiesMy usual M.O. to get people to try new desserts is to either take the treats into school, take them to work, post a message on Facebook and/or ask friends to stop by. Fortunately, my friends usually respond pretty quickly.

This past weekend, however, was a time when many friends were not glued to their computers, which meant I had to hunt them down. I called one friend and offered to walk my new cookies over to her house. I got a bonus, because she actually joined me on the walk.

I carry a fanny pack when I walk, so it was easy to keep the cookies with us. Part of our journey took us through a small outdoor shopping center, where I ran into friends eating breakfast outside.

We were joking about my Facebook posts when I remembered the cookies I had brought with me. Of course, I offered to share from my walking friend’s stash. “Are you kidding me?” was their response!

I am often reminded why I adore my friends, but that morning offered a perfect example. I don’t know about you, but my friends do not think it is an odd thing to have dessert with breakfast. I mean, really, it is a meal, so why not finish (or in their case, complement) it with something sweet?

Brian, one of the breakfast tasters, commented that each bite had a different flavor, some crunchy, some chewy. Good thing, too, because Chewy and Nutty Chocolate Cookies are loaded (and I do mean LOADED) with dried cherries, roasted pistachios and chocolate chips.

It showed me that just when I thought I might have trouble finding taste testers, all I really had to do was go out my front door!

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Chewy and Nutty Chocolate Cookies
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Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Betsy Cohen
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 16 mins
Total time: 36 mins
Serves: 54
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup dried cherries
  • 1 cup roasted unsalted pistachio nuts
  • 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325°. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
  3. Stir together chocolate chips, dried cherries and pistachios together in small bowl and set aside.
  4. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about three minutes, scraping bowl down as needed. Add eggs and then vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Lastly, mix in chips-cherries-nuts.
  5. Scoop 2 teaspoons of dough at a time onto baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 16 minutes, rotating pans top to bottom and front to back halfway through.
  6. Cool on pans.
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Happylicious By Betsy December 2015 lo res I have loved desserts for as long as I can remember. Growing up I loved the smell of freshly baked challah in my maternal great-grandmother’s kitchen, the incredible butter cookies from my paternal grandmother and the perfect pies my mother used to bake when company came over. More about me.
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