‘Tis the holiday season, which for me means I am elbow deep in dough and sweet treats. I love baking, it brings me a lot of peace and I absolutely love sweets. This is a new recipe I tried out for a Friendsgiving party that went over so well I didn’t get to eat any except for the few right out of the oven. These are a lighter and more seasonal version of a chocolate chip cookie.
- Soften 1 cup of salted butter (2 sticks). I normally use this time to clean my mixing bowls and baking sheets.
- Add butter to mixing bowl, the zest of half of an orange, and about 1 cup of white granulated sugar. Mix until visually looks homogeneous (all the same).
- If you would like a stronger orange flavor, I would do the zest of a whole orange or add orange extract later in the recipe. Because of the egg and baking powder, I would avoid the juice of the orange or any direct acid.
- Add one egg – ideally room temperature. Mix until you can’t identify any egg.
- Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and a teaspoon and a half of baking powder. Mix gently!.
- Incorporate 2 cups of flour (all purpose is perfect, but bread flour works fine too). Mix until it looks a little bit like playdough. It should stick to itself but not to you.
- Pour in 1/3 cup of white chocolate chips and 1/3 cup of dried cranberries. Stir the add-ins into the dough. There is no worry about sinkage as they are cookies and you will be making individual dough balls soon.
- On a baking tray, scoop dough into 1 inch balls.
- Bake cookies for 11 minutes at 350 F degrees.
- Allow to cool and enjoy!
If you do make these please let me know how they turned out and if you will add them into your holiday rotation.
If you want to make these you will need:
- Orange zest
- Salted butter – 1 cup, softened
- White granulated sugar – 1 cup
- 1 chicken egg
- Baking Power – 1 1/2 teaspoons
- Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
- Flour – 2 cups
- Dried cranberries – 1/3 cup
- White chocolate chips – 1/3 cup
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Baking Sheet
- Fork or Whisk
- Oven – preheated to 350 degrees
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