Chocolate-Cherry Bar Cookies with Hazelnuts | America's Test Kitchen

Name: Chocolate-Cherry Bar Cookies with Hazelnuts | America's Test Kitchen
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces/354 grams); 3/4 cup superfine sugar (5 1/2 ounces/156 grams); 1 cup dried chopped cherries; 1/4 teaspoon table salt; 16 tablespoons unsalted butter (2 sticks), cut into sixteen 1/2-inch pieces, at cool room temperature (about 65 degrees); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons cream cheese , at room temperature; 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (9 ounces/255 grams); 1 1/2 cups hazelnuts (7 ounces/198 grams), toasted, skinned, and chopped

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces/354 grams)
3/4 cup superfine sugar (5 1/2 ounces/156 grams)
1 cup dried chopped cherries
1/4 teaspoon table salt
16 tablespoons unsalted butter (2 sticks), cut into sixteen 1/2-inch pieces, at cool room temperature (about 65 degrees)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cream cheese , at room temperature
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (9 ounces/255 grams)
1 1/2 cups hazelnuts (7 ounces/198 grams), toasted, skinned, and chopped