Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried cherries
  • 12 cup cherry flavored liqueur
  • 12 cup butter
  • 12 cup sugar
  • 12 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg
  • 1 12 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 14 teaspoon almond extract
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 12 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
  • 34 cup white chocolate chips, coarsely chopped
  • 12 cup semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 12 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped

Method

  • Plump dried cherries by covering with boiling water.
  • soak for 5.minutes,
  • drain and toss with cherry liqueur.
  • For best flavor, allow.
  • cherries to marinate in the cherry liqueur several hours or overnight.
  • In separate mixing bowl, cream butter with sugars;
  • blend in egg, vanilla.
  • and almond extract.
  • Fold in salt, baking soda and flour.
  • Drain cherries and fold into mixture with white and semi-sweet chocolate.
  • and macadamia nuts (optional).
  • Refrigerate dough at least one hour.
  • before baking.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees .
  • Drop batter onto greased cookie sheet by the.heaping teaspoon.
  • Bake until lightly golden, 12 to 14 minutes.
  • Remove from cookie sheet and place on wire rack to cool.
  • Prep time doesn't include time for rehydrating cherries.