• Cream the first three ingredients
• Beat in eggs
• Melt the chocolate in a double boiler, or in the microwave on medium.
• Combine choc. and wet ingredients.  Stir gently, it's OK if the choc. starts to seize.
• Sift the dry ingredients (Flour thru B.Powder)
• Combine wet and dry.  Mix just until combined
• Fold in choc. chips and cherries
• Chill 30-60 mins
• Preheat oven to 350
• Drop onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
• Bake 11-13 min
• Cool for 2-5 min on pan, remove to cooling rack
• Makes 3 doz.

This recipe is completely dairy and soy Free

I bring enough wine to cover the cherries to a boil, turn off the heat, and soak the cherries until I need them, drain and then mix them in.   This prevents them from drying out.  The alcohol cooks out, and you can't taste it at all.  Fruit juice would work, too.