Chocolate-Cherry Cookies

This is a Ggirl original recipe:

Chocolate-Cherry Cookies

12 oz. Semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/3 cup butter
4 oz. cream chese, softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 Tbl brandy or 1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped dried cherries or cranberries
8 oz. white chocolate baking pieces

1. In a medium saucepan, melt the semisweet and unsweetened chocolate with the butter over low heat, stirring often until the mixture is smooth. Set aside to cool.

2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar until well combined. Beat in eggs and brandy and set aside.

3. In a small bowl, stir together dry ingredients and add to the cream-cheese mixture. Beat until well combined. Stir in the melted chocolate mixture followed by the chocolate chips and chopped cherries. Cover and chill for at least one hour.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two large cookie sheets. Drop dough by the rounded spoonful 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake each sheet about 10 minutes or just until firm. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

5. Melt white chocolate pieces according to the directions on the package. Drizzle melted white chocolate onto cookies and let set.

Makes about 60 cookies.

White chocolate drizzle on top of cookies.