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Cranberry White Chocolate Pecan Cookie Recipe
Cranberry White Chocolate Pecan Cookie Recipe
We are all cookie lovers in this family. I remember being a kid and not being able to sleep at night. My dad would take my sister and me into the kitchen where we would all share cookies and milk. These are some of my favorite childhood memories. There is just something about having something as delicious as a freshly baked cookie, cold refreshing milk, and the company of loved ones. Who doesn't want to experience a moment like that? We hope that you love this Cranberry White Chocolate Pecan Cookie Recipe, and we hope it helps you build some memories.
Traditions
To this day, many, many years later I proudly carry on those traditions with my own children. I relish every opportunity that I have to bake their favorite cookies. We eat them warm with ice cold milk, and we sit and talk. I love those little moments. I cherish them. Motherhood is one of the hardest things that I have ever done, but the little moments always makes it worthwhile.
Traditions are important to me because they become so interwoven into our lives, and the traditions we start today are really key parts of our children's childhood. I firmly believe that it is never too late to start a new tradition.
Several years ago I had an idea to start a Thanksgiving tradition. I wanted to rent a cabin every Thanksgiving with my sister, her kids, my dad and stepmother. I created a budget, found a place and made plans for everyone. We had a great time. This will be our fifth year, and everyone still looks forward to it. It's our tradition.
The Baking Contest
Three years ago, we added a cookie baking contest to our 4-5 night stay. I mean, it's already Thanksgiving, why not add some additional baking, right? Well the kids and I love it. So do the adults; they reap all of the cookie rewards. There are six kids ranging in ages from 9-16. We make two batches of cookie dough and divide it up among the kids. They get to pick what they are adding and bake away. This goes on for three nights where all cookies are tasted and rated based on many factors. The fresh cranberries really made a difference. This Cranberry White Chocolate Pecan Cookie Recipe was one of our entries.
Cranberry White Chocolate Pecan Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, soft
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla bean extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup dried cranberries, chopped
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup pecans, chopped
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Cream the butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the vanilla extract and egg; mix well.
- Sift the flour, salt, and baking soda together, then slowly incorporate the flour mixture into the creamed sugar mixture. Stir in the dried cranberries, white chocolate chips and pecans.
- Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of batter onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches in between cookies. Bake one sheet at a time in the preheated oven until the cookies are golden on top, about 13 – 15 minutes.
- Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack. Eat and enjoy!
Final Thoughts
We hope that you are inspired by this Cranberry White Chocolate and Pecan Cookie Recipe; let us know in the comments what you think of the recipe. If you need more inspiration, check out our Chocolate Sour Cream Crackle Cookies.
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This is looking good
Holy moly, does that sound amazing. I love the idea of using one cookie base to make a ton of different types of cookies.
These cookies look delicious! I love anything with cranberry and white chocolate in it. Santa would like these (wink wink)
Those cookies look good. I am seeing so many cranberry recipes that are tempting me.
I love the idea of using the same cookie base and changing up the add ins. The delicious possibilities are almost endless!
These cookies sound like heaven in the mouth! We always stock up on Country Crock for our holiday baking. I can’t wait to try these cookies with my kids this year!
I love to eat this cranberry cookies. I am starting to crave coz it looks so delicious.
These sound so good. I bet the sweet and sour blend well together.
Oh yum! These cookies look delicious! I love how your kids are helping in the kitchen!
I was looking for a good Christmas cookie to make this year. I think this is the winner! Yum.
OH we would LOVE these!!!! I always buy Country Crock, but never baked with it!
I tend to shy away from baking goodies because I always end up with a fail, however, I can be proud to say that I am pretty much successful with making cookies. Thanks for this recipe. My husband was just thinking about making something with cranberries and I have the recipe for it!
Oh my goodness. These look and sound so incredibly delicious. I want to make cookies sometime this weekend, I’d love to try these!
Yum, yum, these look good!
I want to try these out for sure this holiday season.
Cranberries and white chocolate are a great combination. I have always used almonds though. I will have to try it with pecans the next time.
I cannot wait to try these. My mom is coming into town next week and her favorite food is cranberries. This will be perfect for her.
I always making cookies but adding cranberries is different! I think adding cranberries is good and yummy! Gonna try this one. Thanks for tips.
These cookies sound delicious! I definitely need to try something like this for the holidays!
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Those cookies look so good. I should make some this weekend. I don’t care for pecans in cookies. .
Pecans, cranberry and white chocolate? Oh yes these do sound amazing.
I wish I could sink my teeth into one of those cookies right now, yum! I guess I’ll have to get in the kitchen and start baking soon : )
These cookies look so yummy! A perfect combination of two yummy ingredients.
These cookies look amazing! I love the combination of white chocolate and cranberries in desserts. Thanks for sharing this delicious and easy to make recipe.
I love it when the children are involved in baking cookies. It makes more tastier!
Cookie contest sounds like a great tradition to start. We have a few also.
These cookies look so delicious and easy to make. I will have to give this recipe a try for the cookie exchange.
These look so good!! I love making new cookies! We have a couple of different ones we make every year as a tradition too – it’s so fun to have fun family traditions!
We’re gearing up for holiday baking and I am so adding this to the list of baking goodies! THey look delicious!
These look so good and they have the texture I love. I think you chose the perfect flavor combo for these cookies.
Yum! Yum! I love me some pecans! And of course, white chocolate too. Going to grab me some of these!
Yum! I love making homemade cookies with the kids. And, I have a huge bag of dried cranberries I was just thinking I had no idea what to do with.
This looks like such a delicious cookie! I would love to try it out and serve it this holiday season.
My kids would love to make these and then eat them!
These look delicious! I think I will add them to my Holiday cookie baking. Thanks!
Now this seems interesting. I love all of these ingredients but never thought to try them all together. Thanks for the recipe. ^yolonda
These sound delicious.I love holiday cookie recipes!
I love the combination of cranberries and pecans. I’d leave out the white chocolate because I’m not a big fan of it. Thanks for the tip on the Country Crock cookie dough base!
I love pecans and I love cookies and those look amazing! I would love to try out this recipe sometime! Thanks so much for sharing.
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