Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
   

Cherry season continues! This time I took one out of the book of my favorite store in Michigan: Cherry Republic. They make these delicious “boomchunka” cookies. They’re oatmeal cookies with dried cherries and chocolate chunks. I happened to get a package of dried cherries mailed to me for my birthday so I wanted to replicate them in the form of these chocolate cherry oatmeal cookies.

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

These turned out deliciously. Also hearty. The ratio of oats to flour is 2:1 so they’re oaty, chocolatey, and cherry-y. They’re deliciously chewy, not super sweet and lovely.

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

They’re also so easy to toss together. It all goes into one bowl. After creaming the butter and sugar and tossing everything else in, you just fold in the chunks and cherries. Then you toss them in a fridge to firm up.

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

The stay nice and tall, don’t spread or flatten and they only bake for 10 minutes. 10 minutes!

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

They’re thick, and delicious and easy.

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

 

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

Yield: 48

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter (room temperature)
  • 1 1/4 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chip chunks
  • 1 cup dried cherries

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, mix together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the rolled oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Then stir in the flour until just combined. Fold in the chocolate and the cherries.
  2. Put the batter in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes (don't skip this unless you want flat cookies)
  3. Preheat the oven to 350F and spoon tablespoon sized balls onto a cookie sheet.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes and allow to cool on the sheet for at least 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.

Notes

Adapted from Liv for Cake

http://www.cupcakesfordinner.com/2016/06/22/chocolate-cherry-oatmeal-cookies/

 

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

 

 

 

One thought on “Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

  1. Laura

    Tried these tonight and they are soooooo good!!! I love Cherry Republics Boomchunkas (I’m a Michigander) so just had to make these!

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