Soft Sugar Cookies With White Chocolate, Almonds, and Cranberries

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.'

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 129 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 5 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 ¼ cups white sugar
• 1 cup slivered almonds, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.