Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

This week, I decided to take a last minute vacation for the 4th of July.  We surprised my Hungry Puppies and met my older sister and her family in Powell, Wyoming.  My girls were so excited to see their baby cousin, it was great!  On the 4th, we went up to my brother-in-law's family's cabin in the mountains of Shoshone National Forest.  It was so beautiful!  They live right by the river and the sound was wonderful!  We had a fabulous visit with some lovely and generous people (who are also fans of this blog!  Wow!  I didn't know this blog had fans!).  Pat, Joan, Vint, Tom, and Maggie were my first non-immediate family taste testers for these cookies (and a brownie recipe that will be appearing soon...).  The feedback that I heard on these cookies was that they were being rationed.  I love it!  I loved this recipe and made a very few and very minor changes.  Original recipe found here.

Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks, 8 ounces) butter, room temperature
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup demerara sugar (or turbinado)
1 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup tart dried cherries, cut in half (or roughly chopped)
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 360F (Yes, 360F.  I tried it and it worked beautifully.  If you need to use 350F or 375F, increase or decrease bake time accordingly).  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Cream together the butter, granulated sugar, demerara sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in the eggs and vanilla until well blended and smooth.  Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and beat until just combined.  Stir in the dried cherries, milk chocolate chips and semi sweet chocolate chips.

Use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough into balls and place on the prepared baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for about 12 minutes, or until the cookies are a light golden brown at the edges.  Remove cookies from the oven, and transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.  Makes about 30 cookies.

Enjoy!  -Cardamommy