Tutti
Chocolate cookies packed with assorted dried fruits and nuts, with a fruit-cake-like flavor.
Ingredients
chopped dried, sweetened cranberries (2 ounces)
1/2 cup
sugar
3/4 cup
finely chopped dried apricots (about 1 3/4 ounces)
1/3 cup
finely grated orange zest (colored part of the skin)
3/4 teaspoon
golden raisins (about 1 3/4 ounces)
1/3 cup
unsalted butter (1 stick, cut into chunks)
1/2 cup
vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons
orange juice
1/4 cup
large egg (plus 1 large egg white)
1
all-purpose white flour
3/4 cup
baking powder
1/2 teaspoon
salt
1/8 teaspoon
chopped pecans (2 ounces)
1/2 cup
semisweet chocolate morsels (3 ounces)
1/2 cup
bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate (broken up or coarsely chopped)
3 ounces
candied-cherry or pecan halves (for topping)
32 to 36
unsweetened chocolate (broken up or coarsely chopped)
1 ounce
Instructions
1
Step 1
In a medium bowl, stir together the cranberries, apricots, raisins, and orange juice and let stand for 15 minutes, or until most of the liquid is absorbed.
2
Step 2
In a medium bowl, thoroughly stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
3
Step 3
In a large, microwave-safe bowl, microwave the bittersweet or semisweet and unsweetened chocolates and butter on 100-percent power for 1 minute. Stir well. Continue microwaving on 50-percent power, stirring at 30-second intervals. Stop microwaving before the chocolates completely melt and let the residual heat finish the job. (Alternatively, in a medium, heavy saucepan, melt the chocolates and butter over lowest heat, stirring frequently; be very careful not to burn. Immediately remove from the heat.) Let cool to warm.
