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White Chocolate Green Cherry Cookies

Teresa Ambra
White Chocolate Green Cherry Cookies are fantastic cookies to bake up for the holidays. So festive and delicious, these cookies will disappear in no time. They are especially wonderful hot out of the oven. Perfect for holiday or tailgating parties, Christmas Cookie Exchanges or any Christmas festivities. But be prepared: These cookies are addictive! It's so hard to stop at just one.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 38
Calories 253 kcal

Equipment

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

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups salted butter softened (3 sticks)
  • 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar packed
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • 2 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 4 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 1 cup Paradise candied green cherries chopped
  • 12 oz. pkg. white chocolate chips NOT vanilla chips or premiere white baking 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 green cherries, white chocolate chips and pecans with wooden spoon until very well combined.
  • (This may take 4-5 minutes).
  • 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. 

Notes

NOTE: I pressed the dough into the cookie scoop firmly before inverting dough onto cookie sheets so ingredients adhered better.
 
NOTE: You can also roll the cookie dough into balls.
 
NOTE: These cookies spread a lot while baking. Make sure you provide ample room between each cookie.
 
NOTE: Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after 10 minutes of baking time.
 
Green Cherries provided courtesy of Paradise Fruit Company.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 253kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 145mgPotassium: 72mgFiber: 1gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 250IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
Keyword christmas cookie exchange, cookies, dessert, green cherries, pecans, white chocolate
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