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| Double Cherry-Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies ~ full of fresh & dried cherries, as well as a hint of chocolate. The perfect Breakfast Cookie for right now, especially since we are smack-dab in the middle of cherry season! |
Recipe Repost from July 29, 2012 ~ Since there are lots of fresh cherries in the market right now, I decided to repost one of my favorite ways to bake with cherries. ~ Enjoy!
This new spin on Breakfast Cookies came about because of all the fresh cherries that I keep seeing everywhere, as well as getting the inspiration / idea from one of the visitors to the blog who mentioned making Breakfast Cookies using fresh cherries. (you didn't leave your name, so I can't properly thank you ~ but you know who you are! :) I just had to try making a cookie using fresh cherries, too. Now is definitely the right time to try this recipe, since cherries are so cheap. Cooking with the seasons does have its advantages!
This new spin on Breakfast Cookies came about because of all the fresh cherries that I keep seeing everywhere, as well as getting the inspiration / idea from one of the visitors to the blog who mentioned making Breakfast Cookies using fresh cherries. (you didn't leave your name, so I can't properly thank you ~ but you know who you are! :) I just had to try making a cookie using fresh cherries, too. Now is definitely the right time to try this recipe, since cherries are so cheap. Cooking with the seasons does have its advantages!
I came up with a ~ Double Cherry-Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookie. It has a double hit of cherry flavor, calling for both fresh & dried cherries, as well as a hint of chocolate. You could easily use frozen cherries instead of fresh. If you're like me & you're looking for new ways to use/cook with all the fresh cherries that are everywhere right now, this just might be the Breakfast Cookie for you ~ Enjoy!
Double Cherry-Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies
makes 16 regular cookies
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oatmeal ~ uncooked
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed with fork until creamy
- 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 12 fresh cherries, pitted & sliced into smaller pieces (or 12 frozen cherries, thawed & sliced/chopped)
- 1/4 cup dried cherries, chopped
- 3 Tbsp chocolate chips or carob chips (or more, to taste)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon (or more, to taste)
Directions
Preheat heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix vanilla extract & cinnamon into the applesauce.
Combine the applesauce mixture with all other ingredients & let sit for 10 minutes
Drop cookie dough, by spoonfuls, onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet & flatten cookies into rounds.
Bake approx. 30 minutes, or until golden & done.
Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then move to cooling rack. Cookies will firm/sweeten up as they cool.
When completely cool store in a covered container.
Mix vanilla extract & cinnamon into the applesauce.
Combine the applesauce mixture with all other ingredients & let sit for 10 minutes
Drop cookie dough, by spoonfuls, onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet & flatten cookies into rounds.
Bake approx. 30 minutes, or until golden & done.
Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then move to cooling rack. Cookies will firm/sweeten up as they cool.
When completely cool store in a covered container.
These look amazing! Thank you... I am going to make them tomorrow. :)
ReplyDeleteHope you like them! Thanks for stopping by & commenting ~ Cheers!
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