Monster Chocolate Crackle Cookies

A community recipe by redheadev

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Introduction

These cookies only look like you spent all day baking, so quick and easy, and oh so delicious !!

Ingredients

Serves: 12

3 ounces bittersweet chocolate (70% cocoa, broken up)
6 ounces chocolate chip cookie dough (refrigerated - take out and leave at room temperature)
⅔ cup dried cranberries (cherry flavour)
2 tablespoons sugar

Method

Monster Chocolate Crackle Cookies is a community recipe submitted by redheadev and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Heat oven to 350℉. You'll need a baking sheet.
Melt chocolate in microwave on medium or in a saucepan over very low heat.
Break dough in chunks into a medium bowl. Add melted chocolate (no need to cool) add Craisins; stir with a wooden spoon until blended.
Put sugar in small bowl. Roll 1/4-cupfuls dough into balls. Roll in sugar to coat. Place 21/2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten cookies with bottom of measuring cup to 21/2-in. rounds.
Bake 14 to 16 minutes until tops of cookies look dry and crackled. (Cookies will still be very soft.) Let cool on sheet on a wire rack 2 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.
Different Takes Add 1/3 cup chopped toasted almonds to dough before baking. Use orange- instead of cherry-flavor Craisins. Serve cookies warm topped with ice cream.