Ingredients for - Cherry Chocolate Chunk Cookies

1. Unbleached all-purpose flour 2 ¼ cups
2. Baking soda 1 teaspoon
3. Salt ½ teaspoon
4. Unsalted butter, softened ½ cup
5. Butter flavored shortening (such as Crisco) ½ cup
6. White sugar ½ cup
7. Brown sugar ¾ cup
8. Eggs 2
9. Vanilla extract 1 ½ teaspoons
10. Almond extract 1 ½ teaspoons
11. Dried tart cherries 1 cup
12. Chopped walnuts ¾ cup
13. Chopped pecans ½ cup
14. Semi-sweet chocolate chunks (such as SACO) 1 (12 ounce) bag

How to cook deliciously - Cherry Chocolate Chunk Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

2 . Stage

Beat unsalted butter, butter flavored shortening, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at a time; beat in vanilla extract and almond extract with last egg. Mix in flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in cherries, walnuts, pecans, and chocolate chunks, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.

3 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until browned around the edges, 11 to 13 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes; remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.