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    Home » Recipes » Cookies

    Best-Ever White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

    Published: Dec 1, 2014 · by Kim Lange · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Best-Ever White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies for the holidays!  These scrumptious cookies are thick, soft, and chewy, exactly what you want, right?

    They're pure heaven when you get that taste of sweet white chocolate, tart cranberries and a bit of salty macadamia nuts in each bite of cookie yumminess!

    White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

    This white chocolate cranberry cookie recipe is one of the best loved cookie recipes for Christmas for cookie exchanges, gift giving and cookie party trays!  YUM!

    I just made these with the Best-Ever White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies, except I added in 1 & ½ cups of dried cranberries.

    I love the tartness of the cranberries, the sweetness of the white chocolate and the salty macadamia nuts!  It just gives them that addictive attitude, not to be ignored, hard to resist.

    Cranberry Cookies White Chocolate

    Cranberries are Good for You!  So Why Mot Add Them to Cookies?

    • â…“-cup of dried cranberries supplies 0.43 milligrams of vitamin E toward your daily goal of 15 milligrams.
    • Vitamin E is an antioxidant that can help destroy free radicals.
    • Free radicals are substances that cause cell damage, which, over time, can increase your risk of diseases, such as cancer.
    • A serving of dried cranberries provides trace amounts of iron, potassium and vitamin C as well.

    Best-Ever White Chocolate Cranberry CookiesIngredients You Need

    • unsalted butter, cold from fridge or room temperature, do not use softened butter
    • dark or light brown sugar, packed
    • granulated sugar
    • eggs
    • vanilla extract
    • all-purpose flour, measured correctly
    • baking soda
    •  teaspoon salt
    • Ghiradelli White Chocolate Chips or white chocolate chunks, chopped
    • dried cranberries
    • Optional: ½ cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts

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    How to Make Best-Ever White Chocolate Cranberry Cookie Recipe

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
    2. Using mixer, cream sugars and butter together until mixed well. 
    3. Add extract and eggs and mix well.
    4. Add in baking soda and salt and mix together.  Then add in the flour and mix until just incorporated. (dough will be stiff).
    5. Mix in white chocolate chips, nuts and cranberries.
    6. Using tablespoon,  medium or large cookie scoop, drop dough about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
    7. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden light brown for 1 tablespoon cookies, 13-15 for (2 tablespoon, medium cookies, 16-18 minutes for ¼ cup large cookies.
    8. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.l

    Storing & Freezing White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Cookies

    • Cookies stay fresh when kept in a sealed container at room temperature for 3 - 4 days, or can be frozen for up to two months.

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    Whatcha say?  Let's devour some of these bad boys! Simply awesome white chocolate cranberry cookie recipe you'll want to make over and over!!

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    White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

    Best-Ever White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies

    Kim Lange
    These cookies are thick, soft, and chewy, exactly what you want right? They're not too sweet, but it's heaven when you get that taste of sweet white chocolate, tart cranberries and a bit of salty macadamia nuts. Simply awesome!!
    4.47 from 69 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Course Dessert
    Servings 36 Small Cookies
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    Ingredients
      

    Best-Ever White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies

    • 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks, cold from fridge or room temperature
    • 1 cup dark or light brown sugar packed
    • ¾ cup granulated sugar
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour measured correctly
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ¾ teaspoon salt
    • 1 ½ cups Ghiradelli White Chocolate Chips or white chocolate chunks, chopped
    • 1 ½ cup dried cranberries
    • 1//2 cup coarsely chopped roasted salted macadamia nuts approx. 4 ½ ounces

    Instructions
     

    Best-Ever White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies

    • Heat oven to 350°F.
    • Using mixer, cream sugars and butter together until mixed well. 
    • Add extract and eggs and mix well.
    • Add in baking soda and salt and mix together.  Then add in the flour and mix until just incorporated.
    • Mix in white chocolate chips, nuts and cranberries.
    • Using tablespoon, medium or large cookie scoop, drop dough about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
    • Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden light brown for 1 tablespoon cookies, 13-15 for (2 tablespoon, medium cookies, 16-18 minutes for ¼ cup large cookies.
    • Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
    • Cookies stay fresh when kept in a sealed container at room temperature for 3 - 4 days, or can be frozen for up to two months.
    Keyword christmas cookies, cookies, cranberry, macadamia nuts, white chocolate
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    About Kim Lange

    Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

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    1. Kim Lange says

      June 08, 2021 at 1:57 pm

      Thank you so much!

    2. Elaine says

      June 08, 2021 at 12:12 pm

      Delicious cookies!!!

    3. Kim Lange says

      December 17, 2020 at 12:19 pm

      Thank you so much! I'm so happy to hear your reaction to them Lana! Happy Holidays!! xo

    4. Lana says

      December 14, 2020 at 9:22 pm

      Very nice. Almost melt in your mouth . I DIDN'T Put the nuts in. Will be making these again next week.

    5. Kim Lange says

      June 22, 2020 at 5:34 pm

      Thank you so much Lisa! I am so happy they worked out for you and I thank you so much for the high rating and yummy description! xo

    6. Lisa says

      June 20, 2020 at 5:02 pm

      Delicious and beautiful cookies! Made mine a little bigger and they spread out wonderfully at 325 degrees for 10 minutes on the middle rack. Crispy outside, chewy inside, perfectly sweet and salty. Yum

    7. Kim Lange says

      December 11, 2019 at 11:59 am

      I got 36 cookies Mirand. Hope you enjoy!! xo

    8. Mirand says

      December 11, 2019 at 11:28 am

      Hello I was wondering how many cookies does this recipe make

    9. Kim Lange says

      December 18, 2018 at 3:35 pm

      Yes you can add more nuts for sure! Enjoy!!

    10. Carol says

      December 18, 2018 at 10:24 am

      Do you think it is ok to add additional nuts to this recipe? I will be making them them tomorrow.

    11. ChocolaTess says

      December 20, 2017 at 8:05 am

      Awww that is so sweet of you Laura! I'm so glad everyone approved! 🙂

    12. Laura S. says

      December 19, 2017 at 11:56 pm

      These cookies are fabulous. I made them with 1 cup chocolate chips instead of 1.5 cups white chocolate chips and added 3/4 cup macadamia nuts instead of a 1/2 cup. By far best cookie I have ever made. Everyone that has tried them, loved them.

    13. ChocolaTess says

      November 22, 2017 at 10:01 am

      I think anywhere from 45 -60 depending on how big you make them Gwendolyn. Hope that helps! 🙂

    14. Gwendolyn Stewart says

      November 21, 2017 at 11:24 pm

      Hi, can you remember how many cookies this will make?

    15. ChocolaTess says

      November 21, 2017 at 7:57 am

      Linda, give them a try! They are tasty! 🙂 Let me know what you think! Happy Thanksgiving!!

    16. Linda says

      November 21, 2017 at 3:50 am

      I am so excited to find these. I was going to try this on my own, but you did it for me! I like to follow a recipe4 at least once before I go off the grid. Thankyou!

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