Chocolate Cherry Spent Grain Cookies Recipes

OH-SO-CHOCOLATE CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat eggs into butter mixture one at a time; add vanilla extract and almond extract and mix until smooth.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, pudding mix, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Stir 1/3 the flour mixture into butter mixture. Repeat with remaining flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Fold cherries, chocolate chips, and chocolate chunks into dough. Drop cookie dough by the spoonful 2-inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and set, 10 to 15 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour and cocoa; set aside.
• Beat butter in a med bowl on med speed until softened.
• Add sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Beat until well mixed.
• Beat in egg and vanilla, scraping the side of the bowl.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cooking sheet.
• Press down the centers with your thumb.
• Drain cherries, reserving juice.
• Place a cherry in the center of each cookie in the depression you made with your thumb.
• Combine chocolate pieces and condensed milk in a small saucepan.
• Cook and stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted.
• Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice.
• Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate and milk mixture over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry.
• If the frosting is too thick, thin with additional cherry juice.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for about 10 minutes or until edges of cookie is firm.
• Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute.
• Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

DARK CHOCOLATE CHERRY MULTIGRAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, mix sugars, oil, egg and vanilla. Stir in flour, cereal, baking soda and salt until blended (dough will be slightly soft). Stir in cherries and chocolate chips.
• On cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown around edges (centers will look slightly underdone). Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE-CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat brown sugar, shortening, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in milk, vanilla, and almond extract. Add flour mixture gradually, beating well after each addition. Stir in cherries and chocolate chunks.
• Place dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes, switching racks halfway through.