These soft and chewy White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies are my favorite holiday treat.
A combination of white chocolate, orange, cranberries & macadamia nuts makes these cookies incredibly festive & beautiful.
I love baking for the holidays; I grew up baking cookies with my mom and sisters before Christmas Eve.
I always went for the chocolate; I didn’t consider myself a cookie fan. But as I started the holiday baking tradition with my kids, I realized I love cookies. At the same time, I could eat cookie dough all day, and there was nothing like a nice warm cookie with gooey chocolate, whether white or milk chocolate.
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These White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies are hands down my favorite. Packed with flavors that scream Christmas, I will bake a batch and freeze half of them for later, but it never happens. These cookies are easy to make and a show-stopper for a holiday treat plate.
Baking white chocolate cranberry cookies
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit—line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars together until smooth. Add orange zest, vanilla, and eggs. Mix thoroughly until everything is well incorporated.
In a large bowl, sift together flour and baking soda. Gradually add this mixture to the creamed sugar mixture.
Stir in the cranberries, white chocolate chips, and macadamia nuts.
Drop by onto the prepared baking sheets, placing dough about 2 inches apart.
Bake one sheet at a time until lightly golden on top and the edges set for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on the sheet for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Baking Tips!
Macadamia Nut Substitutions
Are you not a big fan of Macadamia nuts or have an allergy? Or maybe you don’t want to pay the price tag for the macadamia nuts, which I understand. Here are a few suggestions that make great substations and work well with the flavors.
- Almond Slices
- Pecans
- Walnuts
- Grapenuts (cereal)
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White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 large egg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries chopped
- 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars together until smooth. Add orange zest, vanilla, and eggs until well incorporated.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Spoon the flour mixture gradually into the creamed sugar mixture.
- Stir in the cranberries, white chocolate chips, and macadamia nuts.
- Drop by heaping spoonfuls, about 2 tablespoons, onto the prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart.
- Bake one sheet at a time until lightly golden on top and the edges are set, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Cool on the sheet for about 5 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
Made this last weekend, and they were a total crowd-pleaser! The combination of flavors made them a delicious treat! This will surely make a comeback on my dessert table!
Oh man these really hit the spot. Made them last night for a family party. Thanks a bunch!
These are some of the best cookies I’ve made lately, the cranberry and white chocolate together is perfect!
These White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies are divine! The tart cranberries with the sweet white chocolate are a perfect match. I baked a batch for the office, and they were gone before lunch!
Half way through the recipe it starts to say cake instead of cookie or batter. Also do you have the grams conversion to cups or maybe add a toggle feature like some recipes/ blogs have now.
I love the idea of the grams conversion, I will add that today – thank you for the suggestions. Not sure about the cake reference, but I will check that. San
I made these using Hershey’s Cream Cheese Chips instead of White Chocolate.
They are so good. I also used a 1 1/2 TBSP cookie scoop and got 52 cookies, baked for 14 minutes. I will definitely be making these again.
This recipe has too much flour! Very disappointed.
Did you make the recipe? With the amount of butter (2 sticks, 1 cup) and sugar (2 cups), that is how much flour is needed.
These are delicious and great consistency. My only question is the amount of orange zest. 4tb seems like a lot and the orange flavor is predominant. Not in a bad way though! But I would call them a white chocolate cranberry-orange Macadamia nut.