Chocolate-Cherry Heart Smart Cookies
I love chocolate and cherry flavors together, and I found great dried cherries from Maine for this recipe. I also used bittersweet instead of milk chocolate: Not only does it have less sugar, but it has a deeper flavor, too. One cookie is less than 150 calories.
Yield: 30 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie)Prep Time:
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Ingredients:
| 1.5 ounces | all-purpose flour (about 1/3 cup) |
| 1.5 ounces | whole-wheat flour (about 1/3 cup) |
| 1 1/2 cups | old-fashioned rolled oats |
| 1 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1/2 teaspoon | salt |
| 6 tablespoons | unsalted butter |
| 3/4 cup | packed light brown sugar |
| 1 cup | dried cherries |
| 1 teaspoon | vanilla extract |
| 1 | large egg, lightly beaten |
| 3 ounces | bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped |
| cooking spray | |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Weigh or lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours and next 3 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl; stir with a whisk.
3. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat; add brown sugar, stirring until smooth. Add sugar mixture to flour mixture; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add cherries, vanilla, and egg; beat until combined. Fold in chocolate. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes. Cool on pans 3 minutes or until almost firm. Remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks.
Source: myrecipes.com
