Thursday, January 17, 2013

Janelle's White Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

These cookies come from mom (Janelle).  While I am a fan of these little delights, my lovely wife hunts for these each holiday season.  You have been warned.  Furthermore, these go well with coffee or tea and they provide a nice counter-balance to the traditional chocolate-based treats of the season.
 
Update: 1/31/13 - Mom left us some of these to devour last night!!

Ingredients:


2 cups (4 sticks) of butter at room temperature
1 cup of sugar    
4 cups of flour
6-12 oz. dried cranberries  
   Note: I add 12 oz. when I don't use the macadamia nuts
8-12 oz. white chocolate chips 
*1/2 - 1 c. chopped macadamia nuts

Decoration: additional sugar, amount as desired, for sprinkling

 

Directions:


1. Cream the first two ingredients with the mixer.
2. G
radually add the flour and continue mixing.
3. Once the flour is folded in, drop by the mix into small balls on an ungreased cookie sheet.  
4. Either flatten with a glass dipped in sugar or just flatten by hand and sprinkle sugar (colored or otherwise) on top.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes.



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