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Dried Cranberry Chocolate Cookies – The Best Recipe Ever
- 32 mins total
- 20 mins prep
- 12 mins cook
- serves 8
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This is the best Dried Cranberry Chocolate Cookies recipe ever!
Take your regular chocolate chip to the next level.
Soft and chewy and full of chocolate chips, those cookies’ flavor is unparalleled by any other recipe.
And when you add dried cranberries and white chocolate to it, the flavor is exponentially off the charts.
A very straightforward recipe that is amazingly delicious and turns out perfectly every time.
My favorite and always go-to recipe during the holiday season. A great cookie to wrap up in a beautiful holiday bag and donate to your friends, bring to work, or any gathering.
A sure hit.
Chocolate and Cranberries, Yummy!!
I created this recipe of dried cranberry chocolate cookies over ten years ago, and like clockwork, it is the first recipe my family asks for during the holidays.
I love to use and mix dark chocolate with white chocolate.
The blended flavor is just sinful and additive at every bite. But not all kinds of chocolate. Ghirardelli or Guittard and bittersweet chocolate for the dark chocolate.
Chocolate
I love to use bittersweet dark chocolate. The flavor is deeper.
Being French, we take our chocolate very seriously. This means we do not skimp over and go to the best brands. We also always have dark chocolate, 75% and above, and never milk chocolate.
Dark chocolate is rich in flavor and makes any cookies, or recipes, taste fantastic.
Dark chocolate, in actuality, is also healthier for you as it contains high cocoa versus milk chocolate which contains milk solids added.
Cranberries are my favorite, and I use them as often as possible in my cooking. Leave them whole or chop them. I leave that up to you.
However, I would advise chopping the cranberries up if you have little ones at home.
Baking tips and step by step to make those beautiful cookies:
- Use parchment paper on your baking sheets. Easy to clean your baking sheet. The best benefit is that your cookie will not attach itself to the cookie sheet. Below link for the precut parchment paper sheets. Much easier. No need to change the parchment with each batch.
- Make sure you use unsalted butter that is at room temperature. Do not melt to gain time as it will make your cookies flats instead with a shape.
- Always use eggs that are at room temperature as well.
- I use an ice cream scooper to make the perfect round and all the same amount of dough for cookies. Easy and perfect each time.
- As not all ovens are the same, your dried cranberry chocolate cookies are done when the edges begin to brown and the center is still soft. Overbaking them can make it harder to enjoy them.
- Always let the baking sheet cool off completely before adding the second batch of cookies to bake. By doing it too soon, your cookies will burn faster.
- Let the cookies cool off on the baking sheet over a cookie rack for a few minutes. Transfer the dried cranberry chocolate cookies to a cookie sheet to completely cool off.
- Store in a closed glass container once they are completely cooled off. They will preserve for less than a week if no one gets to them sooner.
Storing your cookies
After completely cooling off, store them in a glass-sealed container for up to three days.
If you enjoy these Dried Cranberry Chocolate Chips cookies, look at some of my other recipes!
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Enjoy a glass of Moscato, Champagne, Brandy, or your most decadent red wine. This cookie will marry well with all of them.
A little dunking always makes the heart happy during the holidays or whenever you wish.
Products and Equipment used to create this sinful recipe
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Nutrition Facts
Dried Cranberry Chocolate Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 819
Calories from Fat 342
% Daily Value*
Fat 38g58%
Saturated Fat 23g144%
Cholesterol 122mg41%
Sodium 500mg22%
Potassium 202mg6%
Carbohydrates 112g37%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 75g83%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 1020IU20%
Calcium 116mg12%
Iron 2.9mg16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Dried Cranberry Chocolate Cookies
- 32 mins total
- 20 mins prep
- 12 mins cook
- serves 8
Ingredients
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2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
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1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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2 1/2 sticks ( 10 ounces) at room temperature unsalted butter
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1 cup light brown sugar
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
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1 large egg
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1 large yolk of egg
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
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3/4 cup white chocolate chips
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1 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325º.
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Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
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In a medium bowl mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle beat the butter and both sugars at medium speed until creamy. Add the egg followed by the egg yolk and vanilla, beating well between additions and scraping down the side of the bowl. Beat in the dry ingredients. Add the chocolate chips and the dried cranberries and beat until well incorporated.
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Spoon heaping teaspoons, or use an ice cream scooper, of the dough onto the baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the cookies begin to brown at the edges.
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Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets, and then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
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Originally published on December 9, 2020, updated on December 6, 2021
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These cookies have all of my favs…white chocolate, dark chocolate and dried cranberries!! Delicious!!
Thank you Emily.
Happy Holidays!
Thank you, Emily! A little bit or a lot of chocolate always does the heart good.
Happy Holidays!
Giangi
Perfect! I have some cranberries left from my mincemeat, and I was wondering what to do with them. Thanks for an excellent idea!
The pleasure is all mine.
Happy Holidays!
My pleasure, I am sure you will enjoy those cookies.
I love this combo of white and dark chocolate. So excellent with the cranberries – DIVINE cookie!
Thank you Sue, we always enjoy it.
Happy Holidays!
I am so happy you like them, My family favorites.
These Cookies are so tempting . I love oats cookies and these are filled with chocolate and cranberries too yummy combination
One of mine and my family favorite cookies and are made often in our house.
Yum! These cookies are delicious! I love how the cranberries add a tartness!
it sure does and it balances off against the sweetness of the chocolate.
Cranberry and chocolate is such a great combo! These cookies look incredible
Thank you! Family favorite
These cookies look so good. I am going to have to make a batch of these for the holidays this year.
Thank you! You will enjoy them
These cranberry chocolate cookies are amazing! The cranberries add the perfect flavor with the chocolate. Everybody here loves them and we will definitely be making them again.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me. I love to have feedback.
I love cranberry and chocolate cookies, have to try this, looks yummy
Thank you!
These cookies look so good. I love the use of dried cranberries in it. Great recipe for the holidays.
Thank you! Yes, excellent during the holidays and a bit behind too 😋
These look amazing! And so easy to make 🙂
Thank you! They sure are
Cant wait to try these out! And I have all the ingredients in my cupboard right now! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too Cori! You will love them.
Happy Baking!