These rich chocolate cookies with decadent fruit mixins are a real treat!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Canadian
Keyword cookies
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 30 minutesmins
Servings 5dozen
Author jdunlop
Ingredients
2cupswhite sugar
1cupbutter - softened
2eggs - large
2tspvanilla extract
2cupsflour
3/4cupcocoa powder
1 1/2tspbaking soda
3/4cupdried blueberries
3/4cupdried cherries
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C)
Halve the dried cherries, place in glass bowl with dried blueberries, cover with boiling water, let stand.
Cream the butter and sugar, beat in eggs and vanilla.
Beat in baking soda, then add flour and cocoa powder, mix fully.
Drain dried cherries and blueberries and add to the mixture.
Drop by rounded teaspoons on to ungreased cookie sheets
Bake 8-10 minutes, until edges are set and the cookies are losing their shine. A gentle touch to the centre of the cookie should have limited give. Allow to sit for a minute, then remove to brown paper or parchment paper to cool.