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White Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Teresa Ambra
White Chocolate Cherry Cookies will cure any sweet tooth craving. These delightful Christmas cookies are filled with white chocolate chips, candied cherries and pecans. They're festive enough for any holiday party, but also great for tailgating and Super Bowl parties!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36
Calories 267 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 large cookie scoop
  • 1 nut chopper if pecans are not previously chopped
  • 1 sharp knife to cut cherries
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter softened
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar firmly packed
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 4 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup candied cherries quartered, packed
  • 12 oz. pkg. white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecans finely chopped (measure after chopping)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Grease or spray large cookie sheets with cooking spray.
  • In large bowl, combine butter, sugars, vanilla, eggs, salt and baking soda and mix with an electric mixer until fluffy.
  • Stir in flour, candied cherries, white chocolate chips and pecans with wooden spoon until very well combined.
  • Scoop dough with a one-quarter cup cookie scoop and place cookies 2-3” apart on prepared cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350°, or until lightly browned.
  • Rotate cookie sheets on racks every six minutes while baking.
  • Cool completely.

Notes

NOTE: I pressed the dough into the cookie scoop firmly before inverting dough onto cookie sheets so ingredients adhere better.
 
NOTE: You can also roll the cookie dough into balls.
 
NOTE: Running the cookie scoop under cold water for a few seconds and keeping it moist will help the dough come out of the scoop easier.
 
NOTE: These were whopper-sized cookies. If you may smaller cookies they will take less time to bake.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 267kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 128mgPotassium: 76mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 264IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cherries, cookie, dessert, white chocolate chips
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