{"id":21665,"date":"2017-02-06T06:15:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T11:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=21665"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:24:22","slug":"cherry-chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/06\/cherry-chocolate-chip-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21674\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/06\/cherry-chocolate-chip-cookies\/cherrychocchip\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CherryChocChip.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CherryChocChip\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CherryChocChip.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CherryChocChip.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CherryChocChip.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CherryChocChip.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is right around the corner, and I can&#8217;t think of a better way to say &#8220;I dig you&#8221;, than baking a batch of these big, soft, chocolate chip cherry cookies for your significant other.\u00a0No significant other? No problem! Make &#8217;em anyway and share them with the mailman or your\u00a0neighbors &#8211; just be sure to set aside a few for yourself!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/4 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 10 oz. jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Add to the butter\/sugar mixture until incorporated, then fold in the chocolate chips and cherries. Refrigerate dough for 2 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba line a baking sheet with parchment paper.\u00a0Measure out 2 tablespoons of dough and roll in a ball, place balls 3&#8243; apart on baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes, and transfer to wire rack, Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is right around the corner, and I can&#8217;t think of a better way to say &#8220;I dig you&#8221;, than baking a batch of these big, soft, chocolate chip cherry cookies for your significant other.\u00a0No significant other? No problem! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/06\/cherry-chocolate-chip-cookies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176,1238],"tags":[4055,4056,38],"class_list":["post-21665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-big-soft-cookies","tag-cherries-and-chocolate","tag-valentines-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5Dr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20669,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/05\/17\/chocolate-chip-cherry-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":21665,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"May 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The upside to getting up really early in the morning, is having time to bake cookies and eating them for breakfast. 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