Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups

Name: Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 cup salted butter (softened (2 sticks)); 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 3/4 cup light brown sugar (packed); 1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour ((bleached flour toughens baked goods)); 1 tsp. baking soda; 1/2 tsp. sea salt; 12 oz. pkg. white chocolate chips ((NOT vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips)); 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries

January 22, 2025Teresa Ambra

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These delicious Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups are heavenly. After all, cranberries and white chocolate pair so well together. I have soooo many cookie, blondie, brownie and bar-type cookie recipes that I make with them. I’ve also made breads, cakes and pies with this amazing combination of flavors. Everything turns out so well.

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After Christmas I found myself with several extra bags of dried cranberries and white chocolate chips. So I decided to use some of those extras with one of my favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes and swapped out cranberries for the pecans and white chocolate chips for regular chocolate chips. The combination was lethal! These cookie cups were magnificent. 🙂

I took them in for our Hostess Committee one Sunday morning at church in early January and everyone loved them. These cookie cups are rich, decadent and addictive! I baked them in regular-sized muffin tins and they baked up really well. Some of the cookie cups may sink a little in the middle while cooling. That’s normal because of the ratio between sugar and flour, but they’re better that way!

This dessert is excellent for tailgating parties, potlucks or any time you need an “on-the-go” snack! Enjoy.

Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups are rich, decadent and addictive!

These delicious cookie cups include dried cranberries and white chocolate chips in a favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie dough.

They’re baked in regular-size muffin tins.

Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups are delightful for tailgating parties and potlucks.

Here’s what I did.

I used these ingredients.

Place softened butter in a mixing bowl. Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, baking soda, salt and vanilla extract.

Beat with an electric mixer until well mixed.

Add unbleached all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods). Add dried cranberries and real white chocolate chips (NOT vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips).

Stir ingredients really well to combine. This may take 4-5 minutes.

Scoop dough with a large cookie scoop and pack the dough into the scoop.

Spray miniature muffin tins with cooking spray. Drop scoops of cookie dough into the miniature muffin tins.

Bake cookies at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes until cookies test done.

Allow cookie cups to cool in pans completely before removing to serving platters to serve.

Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups are certainly festive and beautiful enough to make for the holidays, but you can purchase the ingredients all year round!

These are great snacks to munch on during soccer practice or hockey games! Share with the other parents–everyone will love them!

These delicious cookie cups will cure every sweet tooth craving.

Here’s the recipe.

CRANBERRY WHITE CHOCOLATE COOKIE CUPS

(My own concoction)

Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups

Teresa Ambra

Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups are rich, decadent and outrageously addictive! One bite and you'll want more. These lovely cookies are baked in muffin tins and include dried cranberries and real white chocolate chips. They're sure to cure any sweet tooth craving and are perfect for any tailgating party, potluck or dessert menu.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 272 kcal

Equipment

2 12-tin regular sized muffin pans
1 large mixing bowl
1 electric mixer
1 wooden spoon
measuring cups
measuring spoons
1 wire cooling rack

Ingredients

1 cup salted butter softened (2 sticks)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar packed
1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. sea salt
12 oz. pkg. white chocolate chips (NOT vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips)
1 1/2 cups dried cranberries

Instructions

Spray 24 regular-sized muffin tins with cooking spray; set aside.
Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla, eggs, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Beat well.
Add flour, white chocolate chips and dried cranberries.
Stir really well to combine.
This may take 4-5 minutes.
Scoop cookie dough with a large cookie scoop and pack into the scoop until it’s completely full.
Place scoops of cookie dough into sprayed muffin tins.
Bake at 350° for about 20 minutes.
Cool completely before removing cookie cups from muffin tins.

Notes

NOTE: I started with 3 cups flour but cut back to 2 ½ cups because that was sufficient.

NOTE: The cookie cups may sink slightly in the middle while cooling.

NOTE: This recipe uses REAL white chocolate chips, NOT vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips. Those have NO cocoa in them and are not white chocolate. In the Dallas Metroplex the only place I can find true white chocolate chips is at Kroger (Private Selection) or Trader Joe’s.)

Nutrition

Calories: 272kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 178mgPotassium: 76mgFiber: 1gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 263IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 1mg

Keyword cookies, dessert, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips

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Be careful! Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Cups are addictive. You’re going to want several before you’re done!

The cookie cups will actually sink a little in the middle while cooling. That’s because of the high ratio of sugar to flour. They are still incredibly scrumptious!