White Chocolate Chip, Dried Berry and Macadamia Nut Cookies

These cookies have everything in them for an amazing (and easy!) cookie. A traditional chocolate chip cookie base is filled with white chocolate chips, dried cranberries and macadamia nuts. It’s a perfect combination.

 

💗 Why We Love This Recipe

• Easy – it’s a simple recipe that’s really easy to make.
• Soft and chewy – like it’s chocolate chip counterpart, these cookies are soft and chewy with a little crunch from the nuts
• Mix and match – you can easily swap out the add ins to make this cookie your own creation

Ingredients Needed

• 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter-flavored shortening, I used Crisco
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 12 oz. white chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup dried fruit like cranberries or cherries
• 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, chopped

How to Make These Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat liners and set aside.

Step One: Cream Sugars

• In large mixing bowl, cream together shortening, white and brown sugars
• Add eggs, one at a time
• Add vanilla

Step Two: Mix Dry Ingredients

• In separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda and salt
• One cup at a time, pour flour mixture into wet sugar mixture until combined
• Add chocolate chips, dried fruit, and nuts. Hand mix with wooden spoon

Step Three: Bake

• Place rounded spoonfuls of the cookie dough on greased cookie sheet (about 9 cookies per baking sheet)
• Bake for 10-12 minutes until light golden brown
• Let cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then remove to cooling rack until completely cool

Variations

• Nuts – swap out different nuts. You could try pecans or walnuts.
• Butterscotch chips – these would be a fun flavor to incorporate with the white chocolate
• Another dried fruit – try dried cherries or another dried fruit (If you love fruit cookies, you’ll have to try our Fruitcake cookies.)

More Cookie Recipes

• Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
• Snowball Cookies
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
• Candy Bar Sandwich Cookies

Christmas Cookies

• Christmas Wreath Cornflake Cookies
• Chewy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
• Pinwheel Sugar Cookies
• Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies
• Peanut butter balls

White Chocolate Chip, Dried Berry and Macadamia Nut Cookies

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Ingredients

  

• ▢ 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 cup butter-flavored shortening I used Crisco
• ▢ 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 12 oz. white chocolate chips
• ▢ 1/2 cup dried fruit like cranberries or cherries
• ▢ 1/2 cup macadamia nuts chopped

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350
• In large mixing bowl, cream together shortening, white and brown sugars
  1 cup butter-flavored shortening, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• Add eggs, one at a time
  2 large eggs
• Add vanilla
  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• In separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda and salt
  2 1/4 cup all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt
• One cup at a time, pour flour mixture into wet sugar mixture until combined
• Add chocolate chips, dried fruit, and nuts. Hand mix with wooden spoon
  12 oz. white chocolate chips, 1/2 cup dried fruit like cranberries or cherries, 1/2 cup macadamia nuts
• Place rounded spoonfuls of the cookie dough on greased cookie sheet (about 9 cookies per baking sheet)
• Bake for 10-12 minutes until light golden brown
• Let cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then remove to cooling rack until completely cool
• Enjoy!

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