Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chunks
With chewy, tart dried cherries and two kinds of chocolate, these Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies Chocolate Chunks are one of my favorite treats!
Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chunks
Y’all know I have a picky husband. He has faux allergies and a list of food dislikes a mile long. When it comes to cherries, his only acceptable form is in Cherry Kool-Aid, fondly referred to as “CK” in our household. I can’t imagine it tastes anything like a real cherry, but he’s turned our children into fans, too.
Me, well I’m addicted to dried tart cherries, especially the Montmorency cherries from Trader Joe’s. I gleefully add them to salads and cookies like these Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chunks.
Best Cookie Dough Ever!
I spotted the inspiration for these cookies on my friend’s blog, Diva Entertains. The fact that she named this recipe The Best Cookie Dough EVER sold me immediately. Then I found the same recipe on Oprah’s site, where all sorts of add-in combinations were listed, like pretzels, spices, nuts, dried fruit, candy bars, marshmallows. The sky’s the limit.
For this month’s Chocolate Party, cherries were the chosen ingredient to pair with chocolate, so I went with my favorite dried tart cherries and chocolate chunks. Naturally, these Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chunks were terrific. And now I have a nice stash in my freezer that I don’t have to share! I love these Loaded Oatmeal Cookies, too!
Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chunks
Delightfully delicious cookies adapted from Milk & Cookies Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats, ground in food processor
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chunks
- 1 cup (6 ounces) white chocolate chunks
- 1 cup dried cherries
Instructions
- Put the butter in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on low speed until soft, then increase speed to medium and beat until light and creamy, about 3 minutes. Gradually add granulated sugar and then brown sugar, beating till light and creamy.
- Add eggsand beat to incorporate, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Mix in the vanilla and when blended, slowly beat in the dry mixture until well blended. Remove bowl from mixer. Add chocolate chips and cherries and mix by hand until just incorporated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes or even overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with parchment. For each cookie, take about a 1½-inch ball of dough and place cookies evenly on prepared sheets, giving each enough room to spread. Bake until center sets and cookies are golden, 12 to 14 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
18Serving Size:
2 cookiesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 228Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 177mgCarbohydrates: 47gFiber: 2gSugar: 28gProtein: 4g
53 Comments on “Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chunks”
Lizzy , those cookies are fantastic ! Love the tart cherries and chocolate combo 🙂
I love cherries and can’t wait for them to come around again. Cherries are in season at Christmas here. 🙂
Chocolate and cherries. A winning combo!
Thanks for the call out Liz!!
You`d make the best neighbour Liz, always with extra treats nobody eats in your house. I absolutely adore cherries fresh and dried, and these cookies are a perfect way to use them!
A wonderful combo for the oatmeal cookies, Liz. They look fabulous!
Baking with cherries and chocolate cannot be bad! They look like wonderful cookies and anything that someone calls Best Ever is always a good start to a recipe!
This sounds fantastic. Love the idea of pairing chocolate with cherries! Give me a glass of milk and I’m a happy camper! 😀
Dear Lizzy, These would not last a NY minute in my home. Beautiful. Blessings dearest. Catherine xo
I love how your husband has faux allergies! What a great excuse for not eating something. I love dried cherries. I’ve made a lot of biscuit dough but I’ve never ground the rolled oats. You learn something new every day! xx
Faux allergies… LOL My hubby and kids have those as well. “Asparagus” for my eldest I am certain he feels makes his throat swell… as it is really green and really gross per teenager standards. I love you little cherry chocolate bombs. Super chewy and delicious.
I like the sound of the white and dark chocolate chunks!
I love chocolate and cherries together! Your cookies look amazing!! Yum!
Cherry is my favorite flavor, so when it comes to fresh cherries, I’m a fan as well! These look great – remind me of a chocolate chunk cherry ice cream I used to have as a kid.
Lizzy,
Lovely cookies! I’m partial to cherries too. I hope I can come up with a post for this month’s chocolate party this month.
Annamaria
These sound SO good. What a great combination for a cookie.
I’m with you on the dried cherries and pairing them with the chocolate sounds amazing! Your cookies look absolutely perfect Liz. I’ve missed a few posts because we were away in your nations capital, braving the high humidity and hot temperatures. It was a fun few days, my only regret is that I didn’t book a few more days there!
Cookies with dried cherries and chocolate are just about one of my favorite things ever! I have to say it is a huge blessing to be married to a man who will eat absolutely anything I put in front of him – he is even becoming more adventurous about trying things he didn’t used to like – good thing since he’s my chief taste- tester! Anyway – these look really good!
These sound fabulous, Liz! Can’t wait to try them!
I also love tart cherries (fresh are the best but alas the real delicious black ones don’t exist here… so I buy them frozen). Your cookies look fantastic. Dried cherries and oats would make delicious cookies alone, but two chocolates must create a heavenly mixture.