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

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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®)

Nutrition Info

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
servingSize: -
sodium: 79.9 mg
sugar: 8.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

Recipe Yield

78 cookies

Recipe Note

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.'

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