Name: Black Forest Chocolate Cookies
Yield: Yield: 24 Cookies
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 16 ounces dark chocolate (60 to 72% cacao), coarsely chopped; 6 large eggs; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips; 1 cup (6 ounces) white chocolate chips; ¾ cup all-purpose flour; 1¼ cups granulated sugar; 1 cup (6 ounces) dried cherries; 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation info

Yield:
24
Cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Baked

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2008

About

Black forest cake is a classic german dessert, often poorly translated in america into a lumpy mess of dry chocolate cake, super-sweet cherry preserves, and canned whipped cream. A proper version of the cake includes chocolate cake layers, soaked in kirsch (cherry liqueur), lightly sweetened cherries, and freshly whipped cream. We interpreted the classic but kitschy cake with the utmost respect. Our Black Forest cookie is a very rich chocolate cookie tempered with a smattering of dried cher