Decadent chocolate, sweet-tart cherries, and a surprise of black pepper make these cookies irresistible. Perfect for those late night chocolate cravings.
Chocolate, Cherry, & Black Pepper Cookies
Chocolate, Cherry, & Black Pepper Cookies
Tara Bruner
12
15 minutes
10 minutes
American
Desserts
This super simple cookies to make will surprise you with how much flavor can be packed into such a small cookie. Rich dark chocolate, cherries, and pepper... perfect for an easy dessert or a midday treat.
Ingredients
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1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1/4 Cup Dark Cocoa
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
1/2 - 1 tsp freshly ground pepper, preferably a black and white pepper mix
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
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1/2 Cup white sugar
1/4 Cup brown sugar
1/2 EVOO, preferably Chilean Arbequina
2 eggs/eggs substitute
3 TBS Pomegranate or Bordeaux Cherry Dark Balsamic
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3/4 Cup mini dark chocolate chips
1/3 Cup dried cherries, chopped in small pieces
Directions
Preheat oven to 350º. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a bowl, mix all dry ingredients together. I used a fresh pepper grinder and it was about 40 twists/grinds of pepper. In a separate mixing bowl, mix sugars and oil on medium low speed until combined. Add eggs/egg substitute and mix again until combined. In two batches, add flour mixture until just combined. Add in the Pomegranate balsamic and mix until just combined. Fold in mini chocolate chips and chopped dried cherries. Drop 1 large tablespoon of dough onto parchment paper and repeat until cookie sheet is full. Space about 1- 1/12” apart. Bake for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
