soft sugar cookies with white chocolate, almonds, and cranberries

Ingredients

• Servings: 78
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 5 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup slivered almonds, chopped
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 (6 ounce) package cherry-flavored sweetened dried cranberries (such as cherry-flavor craisins®)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• beat sugar, shortening, and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixture until smooth. beat eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract into butter mixture.
• whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until dough just comes together. stir almonds, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries into the dough.
• drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets. bake cookies until bottom edges are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. cool cookies for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.