White Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Name: White Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Yield: Makes 20-24 cookies
Ingredients: ⅛ teaspoon salt; 1 cup coarsely chopped white chocolate; ¼ cup white sugar; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ¾ cup brown sugar, firmly packed; ¼ teaspoon pure almond extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; ⅓ cup white chocolate; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; ½ cup dried sour cherries; ½ cup dried cranberries; ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened; 1 egg

Preparation info

Makes
20-24
cookies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Best Holiday Cookies

By Marcy Goldman

Published 2016

About

This recipe is exactly why we love holiday cookies: they’re small packages packed with amazing ingredients in tiny bites of decadence and hominess all at once. I love the contrast of the white chocolate, red fruit and golden dough.

Ingredients

¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
¼

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

In a mixer bowl, fitted with paddle attachment, on slow speed, blend the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well-blended, smooth but still slightly fluffy. Stir in the vanilla extract, almond extract, egg and 2 tablespoons of the flour (it helps bind the batter should it appear curdled – anot