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Lemon Cranberry, White Chocolate Chip Cookies

fawnridge (Ricky)

5 years ago

Lemon Cranberry, White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Do not make these cookies if you are on a diet! Restrain yourself from
eating them until they fully cool. The cranberries stay hot for quite
some time.

Ingredients:

2 sticks unsalted butter
8 ounces of cream cheese
1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
All of the zest from 2 large lemons
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Quaker Oats
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup frozen cranberries
1 cup frozen white chocolate chips

Process:

Cream the butter, cream cheese, lemon zest, and sugar. Add eggs and
vanilla, and mix well. Mix the flour, oats, and baking soda in a large
bowl. Then mix in the cranberries and white chocolate chips. Add to the
mixer and combine. Roll into balls 1" in diameter. Bake at 350 for 10-12
minutes. Yields 4 dozen cookies.

Featured Answer

annie1992

5 years ago

Ricky, those look really good.

Colleen, I think dried cranberries would be fine and be delicious. Here they do sugar the dried cranberries, they are now called "craisins", but they still aren't really sweet.

Annie

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Comments (15)

lizbeth-gardener
5 years ago
Those look really good! Did you chop the cranberries?
plllog
5 years ago
Oh, for heaven's sake! Ricky your cookies are getting ever more tempting at a time when I'm trying to make bad cookies that I won't want to eat...
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colleenoz
5 years ago
We don't have frozen cranberries here. Do you think it would work if I plumped some dried cranberries?
lizbeth-gardener
5 years ago
I'm not sure we have frozen cranberries here (US), but it's common to freeze fresh bags when they are in season and plentiful.
colleenoz
5 years ago
That may be, lizbeth-gardener, but the "Oz" in my name indicates I'm from Australia, where there are no cranberry bogs and probably never will be, and we don't import fresh cranberries.
fawnridge (Ricky)
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks everyone. Yeah, the cookie monster has set a goal to bake the most decadent cookies ever. These are just the beginning!

The cranberries are fresh. I freeze them and the chocolate chips so that they don't melt or mush when they bake. I don't chop the cranberries.
User
5 years ago
I may have to try these -- they DO seem decadent!
chloebud
5 years ago
White chocolate, cranberries and lemon...these have my name all over them!
lizbeth-gardener
5 years ago
Sorry, Colleen! I wasn't aware that you don't have cranberries.
bragu_DSM 5
5 years ago
colleen. dried cranberries would be fine. I add them to my cookies all the time. They add a snappy tartness. Craisins work well too.
chloebud
5 years ago
I often use dried cranberries for oatmeal cookies. Dried cherries are another option.
cynic
5 years ago
These sound great.
blfenton
5 years ago
These sound really good and my husband loves lemon anything so I will make these and gain a couple of pounds eating them. I'll use dried cranberries but plump them in some warm water for a few minutes.

I do have a question = I'm assuming I should use a brick of cream cheese rather than the soft tub? but that low fat brick would be ok?
chloebud
5 years ago
blfenton, for any baking I would use the brick vs the tub that's soft/spreadable. Due to the half pound of butter, low fat cream cheese is fine...just less decadent. You can plump the dried cranberries, but I've used them over and over again for cookies with no plumping.

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