Best Soft Sugar Cookies With White Chocolate Almonds And Cranberries Recipes

SOFT SUGAR COOKIES WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE, ALMONDS, AND CRANBERRIES

Soft Sugar Cookies With White Chocolate, Almonds, and Cranberries image

This recipe makes a great Christmas cookie. The white chocolate chips, chopped almonds, and dried cherry-flavored cranberries create the perfect combination in a simple soft sugar cookie dough. It just seems to taste like a 'mouthful of Christmas.'

Provided by Debbie Kohler

Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Almond Dessert Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 78

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 cup butter, softened
2 ¼ cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
5 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 cup slivered almonds, chopped
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 (6 ounce) package cherry-flavored sweetened dried cranberries (such as cherry-flavor Craisins®)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Beat sugar, shortening, and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixture until smooth. Beat eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract into butter mixture.
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until dough just comes together. Stir almonds, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries into the dough.
Drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake cookies until bottom edges are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool cookies for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 128.6 calories, Carbohydrate 15.5 g, Cholesterol 13.9 mg, Fat 6.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 79.9 mg, Sugar 8.8 g

CRANBERRY WHITE CHOCOLATE ALMOND COOKIES RECIPE - (4.3/5)

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Provided by Foodiewife

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
2 whole large eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract, optional
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup almonds, chopped or sliced

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Then add vanilla and almond extract and mix. Add dry ingredients until just blended. Add cranberries, chocolate and almonds, then incorporate into dough. Bake on an un-greased baking sheet for about 12 minutes.