Description
Irresistible white chocolate cranberry cookies blend sweet and tart flavors in a delightful holiday treat. Sweet morsels of chocolate and tangy cranberries create a perfect seasonal cookie you’ll want to share with friends and family.
Ingredients
Scale
- ¾ cup (170 g or 6 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (200 g or 7 oz) light brown sugar
- ½ cup (100 g or 3.5 oz) granulated sugar
- 2 cups (250 g or 8.8 oz) all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1 cup (170 g or 6 oz) white chocolate chips
- ¾ cup (100 g or 3.5 oz) dried cranberries
- ½ cup (50 g or 1.8 oz) chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Configure oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats for optimal cookie performance.
- Cream Butter Mixture: Employ electric mixer to blend softened butter with brown and granulated sugars until light, fluffy, and voluminous, creating a luxurious base.
- Incorporate Wet Ingredients: Integrate egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract into butter-sugar mixture, whisking until achieving a smooth, cohesive consistency.
- Combine Dry Components: Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together, ensuring uniform distribution of dry ingredients.
- Merge Wet and Dry Mixtures: Gently fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, minimizing dough manipulation to maintain delicate texture.
- Add Flavor Enhancers: Tenderly incorporate white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and optional nuts throughout the cookie batter, creating a balanced flavor profile.
- Form and Arrange Cookies: Construct uniform dough balls using tablespoon measurements, strategically placing them on prepared baking sheets with adequate spacing for expansion.
- Bake to Perfection: Position sheets in preheated oven, monitoring for 9-11 minutes until edges develop a golden tinge while centers remain soft and yielding.
- Cool and Serve: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack for complete cooling, ready to be enjoyed or gifted.
Notes
- Optimize Butter Temperature: Ensure butter is softened but not melted, at room temperature for perfect creaming with sugars, creating a light and fluffy cookie base.
- Prevent Overmixing Dough: Mix dry and wet ingredients minimally to avoid tough, dense cookies, stopping when ingredients are just combined to maintain a tender texture.
- Control Chocolate and Cranberry Distribution: Gently fold chocolate chips and cranberries to prevent sinking, ensuring even spread throughout the cookie for balanced flavor in every bite.
- Baking Time Precision: Watch cookies closely during the 9-11 minute window, removing when edges are golden but centers appear slightly underbaked for a soft, chewy final result.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 23
- Calories: 159
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 88 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 18 mg