Take your pick: chocolate cookies with cherry frosting or cherry cookies with chocolate chip frosting?
So, I’m just a teeny bit obsessive when it comes to certain things. Like making sure the doors are closed, oven is off. & like cabinets are closed, lights are off. But where I really go crazy is with matters of baking/ general food prep.
For starters, when I make my salads, I always use a scale to measure out exactly 60 grams of spinach (or whatever size salad I’m going to have) and each topping has a specific measurement, too. This all stemmed from wanting as much control over calories as possible.
The same thing goes for baking. At least with cookies because I can have control of the weight of each cookie. Muffins are a little trickier because even if you scoop the same amount there can be variations. (enter my invention: the muffin tin scale. Anyone know if something like this exists?)
I don’t weigh all my cookies, especially if I’m in a rush, but I do if I’m making sandwich cookies. These were a spur of the moment creation. Although they didn’t turn out quite how I planned, they were still pretty delicious. So, the question is – do you prefer your cherries in your frosting or in your cookie? & do you prefer your chocolate chips in your cookie or in your frosting? Pick and then give at least one of these cherry cookies a try!
- Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chip Frosting:
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup cashew milk
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- Cherry juice from 10 cherries
- Red food coloring, if desired
- Chocolate Chips
- Double Chocolate Cookies with Cherry Frosting:
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ½ tsp almond extract
- ¼ cup cashew milk
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 10 smashed cherries
- Frosting:
- 1 cup shortening
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp cashew milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cherry Cookies with Chocolate Chip Frosting:
- Combine sugars, oil and extract. Stir in cherry juice and cashew milk. Fold in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt. If dough is not desired color, add red food coloring.
- Divide dough into 24 equal pieces, roll and flatten. Bake 6 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack.
- Double Chocolate Cookies with Cherry Frosting:
- Combine sugars, oil and extract. Stir in cashew milk. Fold in flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
- Divide dough into 24 equal pieces, roll and flatten. Bake 6 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack.
- Frosting:
- Beat shortening. Add powdered sugar and beat until small pellets form. Add cashew milk one tablespoon at a time until frosting reaches desired consistency.
- Divide frosting in half. Add cherries to one half. Spread on cookies. If making chocolate chip frosting, sprinkle chocolate chips between two cookies.