Chocolate Cherry Bubbles #ChristmasCookieWeek

These cake-like cookies topped with a chocolate glaze are sure to become a family tradition each holiday season.

Welcome to Christmas Cookies Week hosted by Jolene of Jolene's Recipe Journal.......

This is a week-long event.  I have posted on Monday, sharing Nut Brittle Cookie Bars.  I'm back today with these tasty little morsels, and on Friday, I will share my husband's favorite cookie, the one he insists on each Christmas season.

Let's take a look at the cookies on the platter today......

• Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars by Hezzi-D's Recipe Box
• Penguin Nutter Butter Cookies by Blogghetti
• Holiday Sugar Cookie Cups by Jolene's Recipe Journal
• Pistachio Cranberry Macaron by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Double Chocolate Orange Buckwheat Cookies (redo) by Magical Ingredients
• Gluten Free Molasses Cookies by Art of Natural Living
• Christmas Cookie Brownies by The Spiffy Cookie
• Chocolate Cherry Bubbles by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Buttery Oatmeal Raisin Molasses Spice Cookies by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Candy Cookies by Karen's Kitchen Stories

Every Christmas Cookie Platter has to contain some chocolate cookies.  These little darlings are filled with dried cherries, flavored with almond extract and then topped with a delicious glaze.  They are sure to put a smile on your face.

Some other great chocolate cookies for Christmas are Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies, Hot Chocolate Cookies, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms.

These cookies are a personal favorite of mine, reminiscent of Chocolate Covered Cherries, which also always make an appearance during the holidays.  I have it on good authority that they are also one of Santa's favorites.

I first shared this recipe in December of 2013, when I first began blogging.  The recipe format I used back then no longer allows my readers to print it, so I am remaking all my older recipes using a new format.

Cookies, Holidays, Christmas, Chocolate, Cherries, Glaze,

Desserts, Cookies

American

Yield: 30 Cookies

Author: Wendy Klik

Chocolate Cherry Bubbles

These cake-like cookies topped with a chocolate glaze are sure to become a family tradition each holiday season.

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 12 MinTotal time: 22 Min

Ingredients

Cookies

• 2 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
• 3 eggs
• 1 c. vegetable oil
• 3/4 c. packed brown sugar
• 1 t. pure almond extract
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1/4 t. baking soda
• 1/4 t. salt
• 2 1/3 c. all purpose flour
• 5 oz. dried cherries
• 1/3 c. mini chocolate chips

Glaze

• 1/2 c. butter
• 1/4 c. milk
• 1 T. light corn syrup
• 2 t. vanilla
• 4 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips
• 2 c. powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350*. Put the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and melt the chocolate at 50% power for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after every 30 seconds. Let cool.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Add the sugar and oil and beat until frothy. Blend in almond extract, baking powder, baking soda, and melted chocolate. Gradually add flour and beat until smooth. Fold in the cherries and mini chocolate chips. Shape into walnut-sized balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Be careful not to overbake.
3. While cookies cool, combine the glaze ingredients in a saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring often, until melted. Drizzle the completely cooled cookies with glaze.

Notes

Recipe adapted from a Penzey Spice magazine recipe.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

246

Fat (grams)

14 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

5 g

Carbs (grams)

29 g

Fiber (grams)

1 g

Net carbs

28 g

Sugar (grams)

19 g

Protein (grams)

3 g

Sodium (milligrams)

83 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

25 mg

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