Black Forest Cookies

Posted on December 14, 2008 by kitchenbelle

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These cookies are delicious!  They are chewy and moist, and the rich chocolate taste is spectacular.  Be careful not to over bake, as at a first glance you may not realize they are done.  (The batter doesn’t really spread like a traditional cookie.)  This recipe yielded 28 cookies.  Enjoy!

Black Forest Cookies:

  • 1  11.5 ounce package milk chocolate morsels*
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 6-ounce package of dried cherries (or Ocean Spray cherry flavored cranberries)

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Delicately melt 3/4 cup of the chocolate over low heat until smooth.  Stir in brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla.  Add flour and baking powder, mixing until completely combined.  Carefully stir in the dried cherries and the remaining chocolate morsels.

Drop by spoonful onto a greased and floured cookie sheet.  Bake 12-17 minutes, until firm to the touch.  Cool on cookie sheet for two minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

*I substituted one 3.4 oz bar of Lindt Excellence 70% cocoa intense dark chocolate + 8 oz. semi-sweet morsels.  I think the dark chocolate made these especially rich and delicious.

 

Adapted from recipe by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

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Orange White Chip Cookies

Posted on October 27, 2008 by kitchenbelle

I first saw the recipe for these cookies last week and I have been thinking about them ever since.  There isn’t anything fancy about them, but for some reason, the combination of flavors spoke to me.  I rarely bake with white chocolate or citrus flavors and the idea of two together sounded really appealing–it sounded so refreshing and light.  And once I baked them, I discovered that to be true.  The soft sweetness of the white chips balanced by the orange is really delicious.  There is a pleasant and surprising burst of flavor with each bite. 

(And the fine little orange strands of zest running through these cookies work quite nicely with a Halloween color palette!)

Orange White Chip Cookies:

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • the zest of one orange

Preheat oven to 350 F. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.  Beat butter and sugar together until smooth.  Add oil and egg.  Mix well.  Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture.   Combine until dough feels like the consistency of a sugar cookie dough.   Stir in white chocolate chips and orange zest until evenly distributed. Drop by the teaspoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 10-14 minutes.  Cool on baking sheet for about 2 minutes and then finish cooling on wire rack.

Adapted from recipe found in a Toll House print advertisement.

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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies (with or without mini chocolate chips)

Posted on October 12, 2008 by kitchenbelle

I am loving all things pumpkin these days–I just can’t get enough.  Pumpkin candy, pumpkin cake, actual pumpkins in the natural state.  Nothing says October like bright beautiful orange pumpkins and all of the spices that go along with them.  Cloves. Nutmeg. Cinnamon.  So delicious! And the smell in the house is incomparable!

These cookies are very chewy and delicious.  They are so chewy I almost thought I under-cooked them.  The currants add a very nice texture, and because they are smaller than raisins they are subtle.  I added mini-chocolate chips to the second portion of the batter for a little melty surprise. 

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies:

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated (white) sugar
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree, canned or fresh
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 1/3 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup dried currants
  • 1 cup mini-chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 F. 

Beat the butter and two sugars together until fluffy.  Add the egg, vanilla, and pumpkin puree and beat for about three minutes. In a separate mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cloves and cinnamon.  Stir together dry ingredients together and then slowly add to the wet ingredients until just combined.

Fold currants (and chocolate chips if you are using them) into the batter.  Use a tablespoon to drop the batter onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.

Bake about 13-15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on racks.

Adapted from recipe found here on Simply Recipes.

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