Description
Soft, buttery, and loaded with creamy white chocolate chips and chewy dried cranberries, these White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies are the perfect easy dessert for holidays, cookie exchanges, snack ideas, and homemade treats. This easy recipe creates bakery-style cookies with crisp edges and soft centers, making them ideal for dessert boards, sweet snack cravings, party food ideas, and festive baking occasions all year long.
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups white chocolate chips
1 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until fluffy.
3. Add the eggs one at a time and mix in the vanilla extract.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
5. Gradually combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients until a soft dough forms.
6. Fold in the white chocolate chips and dried cranberries evenly throughout the dough.
7. Scoop portions of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving space between each cookie.
8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden.
9. Allow the cookies to cool for several minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.
Notes
Use room temperature butter for a smoother cookie dough and softer texture.
Chilling the dough for 20 minutes helps prevent the cookies from spreading too much.
For extra flavor, sprinkle a tiny pinch of sea salt on top before baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 17g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 28mg
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