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Almost Cherry Garcia Cookies

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Date Added:	May 7, 2008
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Serves:	30
Prep. Time:	0:00
Category:	Desserts / Sweets, Copy Cat / Restaurant

Ingredients:

1     cup           dried sour cherries
1/3   cup           cherry liqueur
1/2   cup           butter - (1 stick)
1/2   cup           granulated sugar
1/2   cup           light brown sugar - (packed)
1                   egg
1 1/2 teaspoons     vanilla extract
1/4   teaspoon      almond extract
1/4   teaspoon      salt
1/2   teaspoon      baking soda
1 1/2 cups          flour
3/4   cup           coarsely-chopped white chocolate
1/2   cup           coarsely-chopped semi-sweet chocolate
1/2   cup           coarsely-chopped macadamia nuts

Directions: one line for each direction. When saved the lines will be numbered.

Plump dried cherries by covering with boiling water. Let stand a couple of minutes. Drain well and toss with cherry liqueur. Drain when required or even better, let sit a couple of hours or overnight for best flavor, then drain and use in recipe.
Cream butter with granulated and brown sugars. Blend in egg, vanilla and almond extracts. Fold in salt, baking soda and flour. Fold in drained cherries, white and semisweet chocolate and nuts. Batter should be soft.
Drop in generous tablespoons onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned around edges, 12 to 14 minutes.
This recipe yields 30 cookies.
Each cookie: 122 calories; 57 mg sodium; 16 mg cholesterol; 5 grams fat; 16 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.08 gram fiber.
Comments: Inspired by Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream, this buttery cookie offers the tang of chewy, dried sour cherries, along with chunks of white and dark chocolate. Macadamia nuts are optional but terrific. Use the best white chocolate you can find. An adult cookie that kids also adore.

Notes:
Recipe by Marcy Goldman, a Montreal-based food writer and professional bakery and pastry chef and a regular contributor the LA Times

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Added On: May 7, 2008

* The Los Angeles Times, 08-30-2000