"These cookies have a crispy exterior and a soft and chewy interior. The various flavours and textures (rich dark chocolate, chewy sour cherries, and sweet crisp toffee) combine to produce a deliciously addictive cookie. From Regan Daley's cookbook, "In The Sweet Kitchen: The Definitive Baker's Companion". If you are using cherries, make sure they are plump and soft. If you want smaller cookies, decrease baking time. Dough freezes very well. These are fabulously gooey when warm...."
INGREDIENTS
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2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup unsweetened dutch cocoa
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
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1 cup tightly packed dark brown sugar
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3/4 cup granulated sugar
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2 large eggs
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1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
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1 cup plump moist dried sour cherries (optional)
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8 ounces bitter chocolate (can use chocolate chips) or 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped into chunks about the size of the cherries (can use chocolate chips)
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1 cup english toffee pieces, such as Skor Bits