Perfect for Christmastime and beyond, these soft cookies are packed with chocolate, cherries, and crunchy pistachios.
My mom asked me the other day what cookies I would make if I was going to a cookie swap. And for some reason, my mind completely froze. I’ve made lots of cookies over the years. But all of a sudden, I couldn’t even think of one cookie that would be perfect for a cookie swap.
Well, after making these cookies, both my mom and I decided that these cookies would be perfect for a cookie swap. I think the cherries make them festive for Christmas. And everyone likes a bit of chocolate, right?? I chose pistachios to add to these, but I think almost any nut would work equally well. (And just for the record, since that conversations, I remembered quite a few cookies that would be great for a cookie swap!)
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Cherry Chocolate Nut Cookies
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 3 dozen cookies 1x
Description
Perfect for Christmastime and beyond, these soft cookies are packed with chocolate, cherries, and crunchy pistachios.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup chopped marachino cherries
- 3/4 cup roughly chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and both sugars. Add in the egg and beat to combine. Beat in the milk and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Add to the mixer and mix to combine. Stir in the chocolate chips, cherries and pistachios.
- Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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- adapted from Taste of Home
Heather of Kitchen Concoctions says
Loving these giveaways and link up parties! So many great prizes and fantastic recipes! Thanks for hosting Deborah!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
These cookies are absolutely perfect! What fun flavors and textures – plus,t hey’re gorgeous!
K&B says
Cherries in cookies ! YUM ! Cherries and chocolate have always been a great paring, but putting them in cookies together is even better
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Joanne says
I was hoping those were maraschino cherries in there! They are totally cookie swap-worthy!
Tumbleweed Contessa says
This is too coincidental! First thanks for the feature–I think those Pink Peppermint Chip Cookies will be my favorite for a long time. Second, my post for tonight is Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies. I guess it is bound to happen sooner or later that someone has the same brilliant idea as me at the same time. Your pictures are outstanding and I love the addition of pistachios. My daughter suggested adding dried cherries to my chocolate chip cookies because I like chocolate covered cherries. I am going to try them with fresh cherries next time. Thank you for hosting. I enjoy coming by every week to take a look at all the fabulous stuff. Have a great week!
Deborah says
@Tumbleweed Contessa, great minds think alike, right?? 🙂
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Love the flavors in these cookies!
Deanna Segrave-Daly says
Wow -do those look yummy! I love cherry & chocolate together and have a soft spot for maraschino cherries but never really buy them. I wish the holidays lasted another month just to make all these cookies!
Chels R. says
Ooh, I love the cherries in this! I linked up 🙂
Jennifer @ Mother Thyme says
These Cherry Chocolate Nut Cookies look so good! Would love a few with a tall glass of milk. Thanks for hosting this fun cookie link party! This week I am sharing my Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Loretta | A Finn In The Kitchen says
Wow! I’d love to have even one of those cookbooks! Thanks for the great link party.
Can’t wait to see what others link up…
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
Deborah, thanks for linking up my Chocolate Chip and Chunk Cookies and what a great giveaway this is! I love each of those cookbooks and have a couple and others have been on my to-buy list!
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
Cherry and chocolate sounds perfect for the holidays!
I just linked up a cookie recipe but messed it up…I put my name instead of the name of the cookies. OOPS! Not sure how to edit it…
Deborah says
@Colleen @ What’s Baking in the Barbershop?!, I fixed the title – it happens to a lot of people! Thanks so much for linking up!
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
@Deborah, Oh phew, thank you so much!! 🙂
Robin @ Simply Southern Baking says
Thanks for featuring my Sweet Potato-Cinnamon Chip Toffee Cookies. What a great collection! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Deborah says
@Robin @ Simply Southern Baking, thanks so much for linking them up – and for linking more today! They all look amazing!!