Description
Delicious cranberry white chocolate cookies that are soft and chewy.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (spoon and leveled)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 oz. brick-style cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 8 oz. white baking chocolate, finely chopped in small pieces (or white chocolate chips)
- 1 ½ cups fresh cranberries, cut into quarters
Instructions
- Whisk together dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese with vanilla and sugar. Add an egg and mix to combine.
- Slowly mix in dry ingredients until evenly combined.
- Fold in chopped white chocolate. Finally, fold in chopped cranberries.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and place the rack in the center position.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Roll 1-inch balls of cookie dough and arrange on baking sheets leaving 2 inches space apart.
- You can stick a few pieces of cranberries on each cookie dough ball, just for prettier presentation.
- Bake 8-10 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges. When removing the cookies from the oven you can press a few white chocolate chunks (or chips) on warm cookie, it will melt and stick onto cookie.
- The cookies will be soft when removing them from the oven. Cool them 5-10 minutes on the baking sheet, until slightly hardened, then remove to a rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For best results, ensure all ingredients are at room temperature before beginning.
- Feel free to substitute white chocolate chunks with chips if preferred.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg