White Chocolate Mandarin Cranberry Cookies
These cookies say Christmas all over them! I get 21 large cookies out of this batch. You can make smaller cookies and bake for less time.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. juice from mandarin
- 1 tsp. mandarin zest
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 8 oz. chopped white chocolate
- 1 cup craisins or dried cranberries
Instructions
- Begin by heating the oven to 350.
- Combine butter and sugar.
- Add to the butter mixture add salt, egg, mandarin juice, mandarin zest, and almond extract. Mix until combined.
- In another bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
- Stir the flour mixture into the butter/sugar mixture until just combined. Stir in white chocolate and Craisins.
- Refrigerate the dough for a couple of hours.
- Pull out the dough and scoop large balls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 11 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges and just starting to set on top. Don't over-bake.
- Remove from the oven and cool.
- Store the cookies in a plastic container with a lid.