Almost Cherry Garcia Cookies Recipe

• 1 c. dry sour cherries
• 1/3 c. cherry liqueur
• 1/2 c. butter - (1 stick)
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1/2 c. light brown sugar - (packed)
• 1 x egg
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp almond extract
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 c. flour
• 3/4 c. coarsely-minced white chocolate
• 1/2 c. coarsely-minced semi-sweet chocolate
• 1/2 c. coarsely-minced macadamia nuts (optional)

1. Plump dry cherries by covering with boiling water.
2. Let stand a couple of min.
3. Drain well and toss with cherry liqueur.
4. Drain when required or possibly even better, let sit a couple of hrs or possibly overnight for best flavor, then drain and use in recipe.
5. Cream butter with granulated and brown sugars.
6. Blend in egg, vanilla and almond extracts.
7. Mix in salt, baking soda and flour.
8. Mix in liquid removed cherries, white and semisweet chocolate and nuts.
9. Batter should be soft.
10. Drop in generous Tbsp.
11. onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
12. Bake at 350 degrees till lightly browned around edges, 12 to 14 min.
13. This recipe yields 30 cookies.
14. Comments: Inspired by Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream, this buttery cookie offers the tang of chewy, dry sour cherries, along with chunks of white and dark chocolate.
15. Macadamia nuts are optional but terrific.
16. Use the best white chocolate you can find.
17. An adult cookie which kids also adore.
18. NOTES :

sour cherries, cherry liqueur, butter, sugar, light brown sugar, egg, vanilla, almond, salt, baking soda, flour, white chocolate, semisweet chocolate, nuts

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/almost-cherry-garcia-cookies-64147 (may not work)