Black Forest Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter
• ⅔ cup cocoa powder

  not Dutch process
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon chocolate extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup dried tart cherries

  1.5 ounces
• ½ granulated sugar
• ½ to 1 cup sifted powdered sugar

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 2 Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
• 3 Melt butter in a second small bowl in a microwave or a small saucepan over low
  heat. Add cocoa to melted butter, whisking until smooth. Stir in the eggs,
  chocolate and vanilla extracts, fully blending in each one before adding the
  next.
• 4 Stir chocolate mixture into flour mixture just until combined. Fold chocolate
  chips and cherries into the dough until evenly distributed.
• 5 Shape into generous 2-inch balls using a cookie scoop or a heaping tablespoon
  measure. Roll balls in granulated sugar, then roll balls in powdered sugar
  
  (use lots of powdered sugar).
• 6 Place on prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 – 14
  minutes or until cookies are cracked, yet still soft, do not overbake. (The look
  a bit uncooked even when they’re done.) Let cookies cool on the pan for 5
  minutes, then transfer to a rack.

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