Dessert for 20

Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Total time: 19 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup creamy almond butter; 1/2 cup unsalted butter; 3/4 cup coconut sugar; 1 large egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp almond extract; 3/4 cup all purpose flour; 1/2 cup old fashioned oats; 3/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp fine sea salt; 1/2 cup dried cherries; 2/3 cup chocolate chips or chunks

$1.22for 419 minServes 20

These chewy cookies mix almond butter, oats, dried cherries, and chocolate chips before a quick oven bake.

Photo: hummusapien.com

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Peanut butter, 4.5 oz$0.14/oz typical	4.5 oz	$0.63Typical price
	Butter, 4 oz$0.40/oz typical	4 oz	$1.60Typical price
	Eggs, 1$0.30 each typical	1	$0.30Typical price
	Oats, 1.5 oz$0.10/oz typical	1.5 oz	$0.15Typical price
	Dried fruit and raisins, 2.5 oz$0.45/oz typical	2.5 oz	$1.13Typical price
	Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 4 oz$0.45/oz typical	4 oz	$1.80Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$6.12

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourBaking powder and sodaSalt and pepper

Not included in the cost.

19 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
20servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Kid-friendly Budget Desserts

Typical price

$0.31 per serving$1.22 for 4

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Ingredients

1/2 cup creamy almond butter
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup coconut sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
1/2 cup dried cherries
2/3 cup chocolate chips or chunks

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and coat a large baking sheet with cooking oil.
Beat the almond butter, butter, and coconut sugar until smooth.
Beat in the egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
Stir in the flour, oats, baking soda, and salt.
Fold in the dried cherries and chocolate chips, then drop 20 spoonfuls onto the baking sheet.
Bake for 9 minutes until the edges are firm, then cool the cookies on the sheet.