Diet Recipes
Decadent Double Chocolate-Cherry Cookies (GF)
These Decadent Double Chocolate-Cherry Cookies will surprise you and your guests, and nobody will ever know they are gluten free!
Prep: 1 hr 10 min | Total: 1 hr 30 min | Yield: 32 servings
Ingredients
- 1 (19 ounce) box Betty Crocker® Gluten Free chocolate chip cookie mix
- 1 (4 serving size) box chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix
- 1 cup dried cherries
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In large bowl, mix dry cookie mix, dry pudding mix, cherries and pecans.
- Add melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract; stir until soft dough forms.
- Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheets; flatten slightly.
- Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until set.
- Cool for 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
- Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and cream uncovered on HIGH for 30 to 45 seconds; stir until smooth.
- Spoon generous teaspoonful on each cookie; spread over cookies.
- Allow chocolate to set until firm, about 1 hour.
Notes
Always read labels to make sure each recipe ingredient is gluten free. Products and ingredient sources can change.
Cookies can be placed in a single layer in refrigerator to make chocolate frosting set up faster.
Nutrition
Per 1 cookie: Calories 190 (Calories from Fat 70), Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 150mg; Total Carbohydrate 26g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 17g), Protein 2g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4.00%; Vitamin C 0.00%; Calcium 4.00%; Iron 2.00%
Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 1 1/2 Fat
Carbohydrate Choices: 2
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Betty Crocker