Maraschino Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/8 tsp almond extract
• Small amount of pink gel food coloring
• 1 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup drained & finely chopped maraschino cherries (plus extra for garnish)
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (plus extra for garnish)

Instructions

• heat the kitchen appliance to 350º F.

• in an exceedingly bowl beat the butter and refined sugar with an electrical mixer for one minute, or till combined. Add within the egg and extracts, beat again.

• Add in an exceedingly bit of pink gel food colouring and blend. In separate little bowl, whisk along the flour, bicarbonate of soda, and salt. step by step add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients, intermixture by hand with a spatula.

• Add within the finely cut maraschino cherries and chocolate chips, combine by hand till combined. The batter are going to be thick.

• Use a cookie scoop to drop dough balls onto a siloxane lined baking sheet. Press extra cherries and chocolate chips into the surface of the dough balls.

• Bake for 14-16 minutes - make sure to not over bake or the cookies can loose their pink color and switch brown.

• permit the cookies to cool down to the bit on the baking sheet (about fifteen minutes) then move them to a cooling rack.