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chocolate cherry thumbprint cookies

(5 ratings)
Kat19702 avatar
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Katrina Freed
@Kat19702
Newark, DE

The secret to these great cookies is the oatmeal and the melted chocolate chips. Being my husband's favorite cookies from childhood, I have perfected the recipe since my mother-in-law gave it to me years ago. A few tips on melting chocolate and how to drizzle it without a mess may be helpful to others. Use a cup to hold your plastic bag in place and scrape the chocolate easily into it. If you do not have a pastry bag a simple resealable plastic bag will do. Just cut a tiny piece of the end off and use it to squeeze the chocolate onto the cookies. Much easier than the original splatter.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

These chocolate cherry thumbprint cookies are a chocolate lover's dream cookie! Adding melted chocolate to the cookie intensifies the flavor. Soft and chewy, we were reminded of a chocolate-covered cherry with each bite. We know we eat with our eyes first, and creating a thumbprint cookie with the cherry in the middle is adorable. Drizzling chocolate across the top, makes you want to take a big bite. They're easy to make and packed with chocolaty goodness. We can tell why these are a crowd pleaser.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(5 ratings)
yield 3 dozen
prep time 30 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For chocolate cherry thumbprint cookies

  • 2/3 c
    butter (1 stick plus 3 Tbsp)
  • 8 oz
    maraschino cherries
  • 3/4 c
    granulated sugar
  • 2 lg
    eggs
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 2 c
    uncooked oatmeal
  • 1 1/2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 2 c
    chocolate chips, divided

How To Make chocolate cherry thumbprint cookies

  • Cut butter into pats.
    1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut butter into pats.
  • Beat until creamy.
    2
    Beat with an electric mixer until creamy.
  • Drain and slice the maraschino cherries in half.
    3
    While the butter is mixing, drain the cherries and cut each in half.
  • Add sugar to butter and mix.
    4
    When the butter is creamy, add the sugar and beat until blended.
  • Mix in eggs and vanilla extract.
    5
    Add eggs and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
  • Add dry ingredients and mix.
    6
    Mix in the dry ingredients.
  • Melt 1 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave.
    7
    Add 1 cup of chocolate chips to a glass bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals at half power until smooth and creamy.
  • Add melted chocolate to the dough.
    8
    Add melted chocolate to cookie dough.
  • Mix in the chocolate.
    9
    Mix well.
  • Form the dough into balls.
    10
    Using a small cookie scoop make evenly sized cookies. Place them on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
  • Make an indentation in the cookie.
    11
    Using your thumb make an impression in the center.
  • Add half a cherry to the center of the cookie.
    12
    Fill with half a cherry.
  • Bake cookies for 10 minutes.
    13
    Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
  • Let the cookies cool.
    14
    Cool on the cookie sheet before transferring to wax paper.
  • Melt remaining chocolate chips and add to a plastic resealable bag.
    15
    When the cookies cool, melt the remaining cup of chocolate chips in the microwave. Transfer to a pastry bag.
  • Drizzle chocolate over the cooled cookies.
    16
    Drizzle chocolate onto each cookie.
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