Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with Cherry Preserves
If you’re searching for a cookie swap winner, these cherry chocolate crinkle cookies are the kind you pull out when you want something that looks impressive and tastes fantastic. The dough chills in the fridge, bakes up with those classic snowy cracks, and inside there are little pockets of cherries and chocolate.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (room temp)
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup cherry preserves
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- ¼ teaspoon red food coloring paste (1 teaspoon if using food coloring liquid)
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 ounces dark chocolate (chopped)
- ⅓ cup dried cherries (chopped)
- ½ cup confectioner's sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
Instructions
- With an electric mixer, beat butter. ½ cup sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Add preserves, food coloring and extracts and mix to combine.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix until combined. Fold in chopped chocolate and cherries. Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375º. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place ¼ cup sugar in a small bowl and confectioners sugar in a separate bowl. Form dough into balls using an ice cream scoop. Roll first in regular sugar and then in confectioners sugar and place them about 2 inches apart on prepared pans.
- Bake until the cookies are cracked and dry on top, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack.
Barbara's Notes + Tips
- This recipe makes 24 large cookies using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop, if making smaller cookies, decrease the baking time to about 12 minutes.
- If the sugar doesn't stick to the balls, let the dough warm up a little.
- Make sure you coat completely in powdered sugar.
- You can use chocolate chips instead of chopped chocolate.
Nutrition
Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 189IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
