White Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Cherries and Cashews

Sometimes you just need a new perfect cookie.  As deliciously perfect as The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies are there are moments where you need a different perfect bite.

Enter these beauties…

~White Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Cherries and Cashews~

How about chunks of warm and melty white chocolate surrounded by chewy tart cherries, and creamy, crunchy cashews baked into a no-fail cookie dough?  Yup.  I thought so.

Begin with a really good quality white chocolate bar.  This is the one I use, and it measures in at 3.5 oz.  I roughly chop it into chunks.  If you use other chunks, you’ll need about 1/2 cup’s worth.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a mixing bowl, beat 3/4 c. butter,

a heaping 1/2 c. brown sugar (I use dark),

and a heaping 1/2 c. white sugar until creamed and fluffy.

Mix in 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla,

and one large egg.

In a separate bowl, mix the following dry ingredients:

2 c. flour,

1 tsp. baking soda,

1/2 tsp. salt.

Add the dry to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.

Fold in 1/2 c. dried tart cherries,

1 c. roasted cashews,

and the chopped white chocolate.

Using a baking scoop, place even sized scoops onto a baking sheet, and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes or just until the edges are barely golden brown and the centers are beginning to look set.  Don’t over-bake and end up with hockey pucks, okay? Cookies are best with a little softness to the center.

Remove from the oven and let cool about 3 minutes on the pan, and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling. But make sure you get one cookie that’s warm enough to scorch your mouth just a bit with hot, melted chocolate.  It’ll be worth it, I’m quite positive. :o)

White Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Cherries and Cashews

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Chunks of warm and melty white chocolate surrounded by chewy tart cherries, and creamy, crunchy cashews baked into a no-fail cookie dough.

Alison: That Which Nourishes

Serves: 2-3 dozen cookies

Grocery List

• 3.5 oz. white chocolate bar, or ½ c. white chocolate chunks
• ¾ c. butter
• A heaping ½ c. dark brown sugar (may use light)
• A heaping ½ c. white sugar
• 1½ tsp. vanilla
• 1 large egg
• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ c. tart dried cherries
• 1 c. roasted cashews

Here's how...

1. Roughly chop the white chocolate into chunks.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Mix butter and sugars together until creamed and fluffy.
4. Add in the vanilla and egg.
5. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and salt.
6. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet until well combined.
7. Scoop onto a baking sheet at least two inches apart.
8. Bake in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are barely golden brown and the center is just beginning to set.
9. Remove from oven and cool on the baking sheet for 3 minute and then move to a wire rack to cool the rest of the way.

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