I received free product from Imperial Sugar, Dixie Crystals and Bob’s Red Mill as part of The Sweetest Season Cookie Exchange. As always, all opinions and recipe are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Beer Girl Cooks!
I’m glad we go that out of the way. I know y’all are not used to seeing a sponsored post disclosure on this here website. All these fine folks sent me their wonderful products to bake up a bunch of holiday cookies and the federal government requires that I tell you about that.
Moving on! We totally kicked off the Sweetest Season Cookie Exchange on Saturday and here is my first contribution!
We’re starting out with some peanut butter, white chocolate, cranberry cookies for this cookie exchange! I know this is almost the exact cookie as the white chocolate peanut butter hazelnut, white chocolate chip cookie from October, but cranberries are just so wintery-y. I swapped out the hazelnuts for cranberries to make things more festive!
I have more coming. The rest have more of a retro feel to them. I pulled a bunch of recipe cards from my gram’s recipe box and I’m going to be sharing some of my family’s recipes that have been part of our holiday celebration history.
Happy Holidays!
P.S. Don’t forget to enter the Sweetest Season Sweetest Cookie Giveaway
Peanut Butter, White Chocolate, and Cranberry Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350
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Combine flour and baking powder with a whisk or sift together
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Beat together peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar
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Add egg, then gradually beat in flour - I usually do this in thirds
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Stir in white chocolate chips and dried cranberries
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Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour
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Using a scoop (I used one that is about 1 tablespoon size), scoop out dough and roll into balls with your hands
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Flatten to about 1/2 inch with a fork
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Bake 10 - 12 minutes, cool a couple of minutes on the pan then transfer to a rack to cool completely
Adapted from Martha Stewart
Note: Using this size scoop resulted in 2 dozen cookies.
These cookies look so thick and soft, Rachelle! I love it! You definitely can’t go wrong with peanut butter and white chocolate. Sounds like a perfect cookie for the holidays!
Thanks, Gayle! I love peanut butter and white chocolate!
Gahh, cookies. My damn weakness. These look absolutely delicious, Rachelle!! White chocolate anything makes my heart go pitter-patter, but white chocolate with peanut butter and cranberries shoved into a cookie?!!? I want to eat a dozen of these, take a nap and then repeat that series a million times! SO YUM! Cheers, girlfriend! Can’t wait to see all the family cookie recipes you share! (*Be still my heart*). XO
Ha! And you don’t have to worry about that regular chocolate allergy situation! Yay! You should totally go with that plan and stay tuned because more are coming! I can’t wait to share! Cheers, girlfriend! XO
Hey, you’re into sponsorship now! That’s a good thing. Don’t work for free, girl! Your stuff is too good for that. These cookies look absolutely marvelous!
Thanks, Mir! Don’t ya just love free stuff?!?!
Love all the ingredients in these yummy cookies Rachelle! Perfect for my holiday cookie list!!
Thanks so much, Mary Ann! Happy holiday cookies!
The cookies look delicious Rachelle! White chocolate and cranberry is such a perfect combo for the holidays!
Thanks, Manali! I thought the combo was definitely holiday too!
I would never had paired peanut butter and cranberries, but the other day I tried a protein bar that had those two flavors, and it was delicious! I can only imagine how good these cookies must be! I can’t wait to see what you’re going to post next!
Thanks, Lindsey! I want to try that protein bar!
These cookies are the perfect way to kick off cookie exchange season. They look so thick and delicious and I love the white chocolate and cranberry combo! They’re perfect for the holidays!
Thanks, girl!
Peanut butter is always a classic but I love how you made it festive with cranberries!
You can’t lose with the PB! Thanks Zainab!
Arghhhh. Peanut butter cookies are my weakness! I love how soft these look, and this the cranberries too I bet they are so good.
Thanks, Dannii! PB is the best!
Peanut butter cookies were a staple in my childhood but the addition of fancy ingredients like white chocolate chips and dried cranberries is altogether new! These would be a perfect addition to any holiday cookie tray, my dear!
Thanks, Annie! Peanut butter cookies were always around when I was a kid too. So classic!
Let the cookie season begin!
This is such a winning combination of flavors. I have a cranberry cookie coming up tomorrow. Cheers to Christmas cookies!
Oh! I can’t wait to see your cranberry cookies, Linda! Cheers!
Peanut butter cookies are my fav.. I’m drooling over the addition of white chocolate and cranberries! What a perfect holiday cookie 🙂
Thanks, Keri! PB is one of my faves too! And white choc? yesssss!
Very interesting combo of the peanut butter and cranberries, so I’ll have to make them to see what’s up. I bet these would be good with a nice stout too 🙂
Girl, you know my heart. Bring your stout and get over here with these cookies! 🙂