Cranberry, Orange, Pomegranate, White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sweet and tart, these chewy cookies will elevate your holiday cookie game. Makes about 3 dozen cookies
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 3/4 cup White Sugar, divided
- 2 tbsp Orange Zest
- 2 tbsp Pomegranate Molasses
- 1 tbsp Pomegranate Molasses
- 2 cups White Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Dried Cranberries
- 1 cup Salted Butter, softened to room temperature
- 2 eggs Slightly scrambed, room temperature
- pinch Ground Cardamom
- pinch Fresh grated Nutmeg This is to taste (I do one or two grates)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350℉
- In a smaller bowl, whisk together dry ingredients and set aside (Flour, Salt & Baking Soda, Cardamom and Grated Nutmeg)
Prepare your Pomegranate Orange Sugar
- Put 1 cup white sugar in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer. Add the zest of ONE orange. Mix the zest into the sugar with your fingers until the orange oils are fully incorporated into the sugar. (you can mix on LOW)
- Add 1 Tablespoon + 1 Teaspoon Pomegratate Molasses and mix thoroughly on low setting.
Make the cookies!
- Add the additional White Sugar and room temperature Butter and mix on medium until the sugar and butter are fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time and mix until incorporated.
- Add in the dry ingredients a bit at a time. (This will incorporate the flour better than dumping it all in at once)
- Remove the mixing bowl to the counter and using a wooden spoon, mix in the White Chocolate Chips and Dried Cranberries.
Chill the dough in the fridge for at least an hour (I do overnight)
- Roll the dough into balls (I use 2 tablespoons to measure the size of the cookie balls). Place 2 inches apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake in 350℉ 9-11 minutes until edges are starting to brown.
- Pull cookies from the oven when the edges are turning brown, but tops may be a little "wet" looking. Leave the cookies to sit on the hot cookie sheet for at least 5 minutes. I usually let the cookies sit until cool on the cookie sheet.
- Your oven and temps / times might be different from mine. Bake one or two cookies and pay close attention when first baking these.
- NOTE: I roll all of my dough, bake off a dozen and freeze the rest for later. You will need to add a few minutes to the time when baking frozen dough.
