'Tis the season for festive Christmas cookies! Soft, chewy and decadent, these Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies are an annual family tradition -- and the perfect holiday gift to share with loved ones!
‘Tis the season for festive Christmas cookies! Soft, chewy and decadent, these Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies are an annual family tradition — and the perfect holiday gift to share with loved ones!
To be honest, by yesterday I was totally done with my holiday baking. I’ve made multiple batches of Chewy Ginger Oatmeal Cookies; I’ve made multiple batches of My Grandmother’s Bourbon Balls; I’ve decorated gingerbread cut-outs and gingerbread houses with the kids; and I’ve consumed more than my fair share of cookie dough. But, it just wouldn’t be the holidays in my kitchen without at least one batch of Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies. These are the Christmas cookies that my family looks forward to all year long!
How to make White Chocolate Chip Cookies with Cranberries:
These cookies are a lot like a classic Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookie — but better! Not only are the red and white add-in’s perfect for the Christmas season, they are also a delicious cookie to enjoy year-round. Bets of all, they’re EASY to prepare!
To bake the homemade white chocolate chip cookies from scratch, you will simply whisk together your dry ingredients and then cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add an egg, the vanilla extract, and the dry flour mixture to the bowl, stir in the Craisins and white chocolate chips, and your cookie dough is DONE!
There’s no need to chill your dough before baking (unless it’s really hot and humid in your house), so these drop cookies can head straight into the 375-degree F oven for about 8-10 minutes. Your house will smell incredible, and you’ll be reaching for a handful of soft white chocolate chip cookies as soon as they’re cool enough to touch!
The cookies are crisp on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside, and loaded with exactly the right ratio of chips-to-batter.
COOK’S TIPS AND RECIPE VARIATIONS:
- We love these white chocolate chip cookies with cranberries, but they are also incredibly delicious with dried cherries. I’ve also been known to use these cherry-infused Craisins!
- White chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts are a classic combination, so feel free to swap out the cranberries for macadamia nuts instead!
- Make sure that your butter and your egg are at room temperature (not cold) when you prepare your dough.
- In order to keep these white chocolate chip cookies chewy, be sure that you don’t over-bake them. Pull the cookies out of the oven when they’re just starting to turn golden brown on the edges. They will still be soft (and almost look undercooked), but they will firm up a little bit as they cool, and they’ll maintain a great, chewy texture!
Doing some holiday baking? You might also like these Christmas cookies:
- Old-Fashioned Williamsburg Gingerbread Cookies
- My Grandmother’s Bourbon Balls
- 3-Ingredient Scottish Shortbread Cookies
- No-Bake Haystack Cookies
- Great Grandma’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies
'Tis the season for festive Christmas cookies! Soft, chewy and decadent, these Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies are an annual family tradition -- and the perfect holiday gift to share with loved ones!
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter, softened at room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 ounces white chocolate chips
- 1 cup dried cranberries (such as Craisins) or cherry-infused Craisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Beat butter and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add the flour mixture just until combined, being careful not to overmix. Stir in the white chocolate chips and the dried cranberries.
- Drop batter by heaping tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or just until golden brown. You want them to still be soft when you pull them out of the oven. They will firm up as they cool, and this will keep them soft and chewy on the inside.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for at least 1-2 minutes, and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. These cookies freeze really well, or you can keep them in an airtight container on your counter.
Recipe Notes
COOK'S TIPS AND RECIPE VARIATIONS:
- We love these white chocolate chip cookies with cranberries, but they are also incredibly delicious with dried cherries. I've also been known to use these cherry-infused Craisins!
- White chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts are a classic combination, so feel free to swap out the cranberries for macadamia nuts instead!
- Make sure that your butter and your egg are at room temperature (not cold) when you prepare your dough.
- In order to keep these white chocolate chip cookies chewy, be sure that you don't over-bake them. Pull the cookies out of the oven when they're just starting to turn golden brown on the edges. They will still be soft (and almost look undercooked), but they will firm up a little bit as they cool, and they'll maintain a great, chewy texture!
Kristy from Southern In Law says
December 26, 2016 at 2:52 pmThese look deeeelicious! I hope you all had a marvellous Christmas! <3
Blair says
December 26, 2016 at 8:42 pmThanks, Kristy! Same to you!!!
Mary R says
January 4, 2019 at 8:53 pmI made these cookies with cranberries. They were amazing! I made them with dried cherries and they were even more amazing! My family loves and inhales both kinds. This receipt is now my mandatory X-Mas cookie line-up.
Blair says
January 5, 2019 at 7:50 amAwesome! I’m so glad that you love them as much as we do, Mary!