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Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies {and other threats to your thighs}

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I blame this all on Sara.

She brought these cookies to our house on the 3rd of June and I’ll never forget the look in her eyes.

She knew what she was doing to me and she did it in cold blood.

And I was skeptical at first.  Cherry?  In my chocolate chip cookies?  I don’t know about that right there.

And sprinkled with salt?  (okay, fleur de sol but whatevs)

Where I come from we don’t sprinkle our cookies with salt.

But I’m here to tell you that this cookie connoisseur didn’t know what hit her.

I haven’t been quite the same since.

Whatever you do and for the love of all things toned and slim, do not, and I repeat DO NOT make these cookies under any circumstances.

If you ever hope to wear a swimsuit in the full light of day, you’ll take me at my word.


Now, for the rest of you, here’s the recipe. Make at your own risk.
I don’t want to hear your sad stories of how your husband found you in your closet hunkered down with a plate full of these.

I’ve got my own cherry chocolate chip cookie problems to deal with.

Thanks a lot  Sara 🙂

(The recipe is apparently from Metropolitan Bakery in Philly!)

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Rolled oats
  • 3 Cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 Cups Butter
  • 1 1/4 Cups Sugar
  • 1 3/4 Cups Brown sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
  • 3 1/2 Cups Chocolate chunks
  • 1 1/4 Cups Dried tart cherries
  • 1 1/4 Sea salt

Directions

  1. Grind oats into fine flour (food processor)
  2. Sift flour, baking soda,and baking powder.
  3. Add oats and salt.
  4. Using mixer, cream butter and sugars until light in color and texture (about 3 minutes).
  5. Add eggs one at a time.
  6. Stir in vanilla.
  7. Add flour mixture until combined.
  8. Fold in chocolate and cherries.
  9. Sprinkle each cookie with sea salt.
  10. Bake @ 350 for 15 – 18 minutes.
  11. Take a little journey to cookie heaven on first bite.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Sharon O says

    looks yummy too bad we are on a losing streak… can’t afford cookies right now but someday maybe we can make them.

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    • edie wadsworth says

      kathy,
      you just sprinkle a little on each cookie and it’s a bit personal preference. you can see from my cookies that i have a ‘heavy’ sprinkle!
      hope you try them :))))

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  3. paige says

    you’re mighty spunky today missy!!
    & i’m betting you are still able to model a fancy “‘kini” for the lake locals despite hunkering down with a plate of those cherry babies!

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  4. Lolo says

    Oh my…..I guess I will be cleaning my closets this weekend (with the doors shut of course – and a few chocolate cherry stains on the closet floor).
    Thanks for the recipe and the giggles (and the calories, and the guilt)! 😀

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  5. Tracey says

    Oh Edie you are killing me!!!! I make your chocolate chip cookies ALL the time … Love Them … Now you give us these! I have to try them. I may need to cross the bridge and head over to Philly this weekend.

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  6. Ruth says

    These look so incredibly good. I miss all things made with real butter. My parents have only… wait for it… you will need to take a seat… margarine. It’s so awful!! Need to get me some real butter.
    Ruth

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  7. Southern Gal says

    Thank you very much, Edie. You and Sara are going to sabotage my running efforts in one fell swoop.

    I answered a PW question for a giveaway: Do you own a swimsuit?
    My reply: I possess a swimsuit. Own it? No way.

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  8. Sara Demoiny says

    They are life changing right! I have thought about making ice cream sandwiches with them, but then I think – No, they are too good on there own! Now, I may need to add to my grocery list this week!

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  9. tara lowry says

    I’m bubbling over at the seams over here…that’s what eating what you want and no exercise for 9 months will do for ya.

    I wish I could say that I’ll make them when my dr releases me to exercise again..but the truth is, I’ll make them next week, I’m sure.

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  11. Nics Cahill says

    Edie, I adore these cookies, in fact I think I might go home and bake them tonight!

    I make a version of cookies, like these that have marshmallows mixed into the dough along with the choco chips and the cherries.

    Have a great week

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  12. Lisa D.B. Taylor says

    I made these on Father’s Day and they were tooooo delish! {Translate that to: I should never make these again ’cause I eat them all!}
    I knew I’d love ’em the minute you mentioned salt, IMO salt and chocolate were made for each other. And along with tart cherries? It was indeed cookie heaven. 🙂

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  14. Emily Morrice says

    Ok, Eddy! I made these and they turned out flat as pan cakes! Bummer!
    Any idea why?
    Also, I made them for our friends who babysat our babies last night especially because they hail from East Tenn like you 🙂

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  15. Lisa D.B. Taylor says

    Hi again,
    in response to Emily’s comment above, what altitude are you? I’m at nearly 5000 feet above sea level, and only used about half of the baking powder and soda required (I read this somewhere and it actually works). Also I’ve noticed that the final batches of cookies tend to be flatter than the first, which I attribute to the dough becoming room temp. Keeping it in the fridge between baking batches seems to help.
    Just a couple of ideas 🙂
    (Also – I personally found the dough so delicious I saw no real need for baking LOL. But my family disagrees, so I did!)

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  16. debbie says

    Hi, Edie
    I cant wait to try this recipe,, just a couple ??.. do you use real butter or just the blue bonnet margarine stuff and what kind of chocolate chips do you use? Semi sweet, milk chocolate?? Thanks

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  17. Paula Derflinger says

    These are almost identical to the Neiman Marcus cookies I have been baking for years but going to try the cherries. Pecans go in the Neiman Marcus cookies so may mix up the cherries and nuts!

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