Glad to Give™ Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookie

Recipe yields 46 2-ounce cookies

Ingredients
3 cups granulated sugar
2 cups sweet butter
1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 tablespoon cherry flavoring
3 large whole eggs
7 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1 3/4 cups chocolate chips
1 5/8 cups dried sour cherries

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
   
2. Combine sugar, butter, vanilla, cherry flavoring and eggs. Mix until blended.
   
3. Add flour, salt and baking powder. Mix until smooth and ribbony.
   
4. Add chocolate chips and cherries then blend until evenly distributed.
   
5. Deposit 2 ounce portions on a baking sheet lined w/ parchment pan liner.
   
6. Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-14 minutes in a conventional oven, or 335 degrees F for 12-14 minutes in a convection oven. Spin pans mid-bake for even results. Cookies should spread to 3.5” in diameter with light browning, darker at the edges. To increase spread, reduce temperature.
   
7. Remove from pan after baking and allow to cool. Eat when slightly warm for crazy good taste.
   
8. Eat as many as you can quickly before anyone else comes into the kitchen.

Ingredient Notes
Flour – unbleached and unbromated all-purpose flour is recommended
Chocolate Chips – use 1000-count semi-sweet chips from a high quality vendor
Cherries – use whole, unprocessed dried Montmorency cherries w/o preservatives
Butter – don't add salt if using salted butter
Sugar – cane sugar is strongly recommended
Eggs – for best results, crack eggs into a liquid measuring cup for 5/8 cup