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Thursday, January 6, 2011

CHOCOLATE CHIP, CRANBERRY & MACADAMIA NUT COOKIES

Just take a look at the cookies, these babies are each packed with the goodness of choc chips, macadamia nuts and dried cranberries. The three combination is so cleverly put together which yields a fantastic flavour. Please try this and you would probably give yourself a perfect score on the taste-o-meter!



Recipe adapted from My Kitchen Snippet

Ingredients

3 cups of flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 sticks/226 grm butter – room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped toasted salted macadamia nuts



1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into medium bowl. By using electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and brown sugar until combined and slightly fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time and then vanilla. Mix well.

3. Add in the shifted ingredients and mix just until blended. Using spatula, stir in cranberries, chocolate chips, and nuts.

4. For large cookies, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets, as for smaller cookies, drop dough by level tablespoonfuls onto sheets. Bake cookies for 20 minutes of until golden brown. Remove and cool the cookies before storing.

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