Ingredients
1 18.25 package chocolate cake mix ( Need the UPSIZER - it's on Carols recipe for maple cookies)*
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Oil
20 Cherries
1/4 cup Red sugar crystals
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or non-stick silicone baking mats.
Whisk together chocolate cake mix, eggs and oil in a large mixing bowl until well combined.
Portion the dough into balls that are each about the size of a ping-pong ball. Place the dough balls on baking mat, leaving a couple inches between each one.
Use the back of a spoon or your thumb to flatten each ball of dough and place a cherry in the middle
Wrap the cookie dough around the cherry so that it is completely covered and again in the shape of a ball.
If using sugar crystals, pour them into a small bowl. Press each cookie dough ball into the sugar, so that the top is coated.
Place the cookie balls back on the baking sheets, sugar-side up.
Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350°F. *FOR BETTY CROCKER AND PILLSBURY CAKE MIXES AND ANY OTHER BRANDS THAT WEIGH 15.25 OUNCES.: Use 3 ounces of mix weighed on a kitchen scale OR 8 level Tablespoons plus 1 level measuring teaspoon of cake mix upsizer. Since this is a chocolate cake- I took 6 tablespoons of the upsizer and added 2 tablespoon of cocoa powder
These look so so so good. I love chocolate and cherries. I know you always say to use an upsizer, but I have never used it. I don't bake much anymore, but when I use the cake mix, I just follow the directions.
ReplyDeleteI have made many recipes without the upsizer and they just didn't come out the way I wanted them to. I'm a very picky baker!
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