This combination of chocolate chunks and dried cherries take this cookie to a truly delicious level. Dried cherries can be substituted with dried cranberries if desired. This dough can be optionally chilled in the refrigerator for up to 2 days before baking off the cookies.
Ingredients:
2 sticks unsalted pareve margarine, room temperature
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 ¾ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. kosher salt
1 ¼ cups large flake oats
10 oz. (284g) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chunks
¾ cup dried cherries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the margarine and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add in the vanilla, and the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl as necessary.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, chocolate chunks and dried cherries.
Slowly add the dry ingredient mixture to the bowl and blend until the dough just begins to come together.
Using a 1 ½ -inch scoop, form the dough into approximately 40 balls, spaced on the cookie sheet with a maximum of 12 cookies per sheet.
Bake for 11 minutes, rotating the racks halfway through.
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