Chocolate, Cranberry And Macadamia Nut Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries (about 6 ounces)
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (about 8 1/2 ounces)
• 1 cup coarsely chopped roasted salted macadamia nut (about 4 1/2 ounces)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 3 sift first 3 ingredients into medium bowl.
• 4 using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy.
• 5 add both sugars and beat until blended.
• 6 beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla.
• 7 add dry ingredients and beat just until blended.
• 8 using spatula, stir in cranberries, chocolate chips, and nuts.
• 9 for large cookies, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets, spacing 21/2 inches apart. for small cookies, drop dough by level tablespoonfuls onto sheets, spacing 11/2 inches apart.
• 10 bake cookies until just golden, about 18 minutes for large cookies and about 15 minutes for small cookies.
• 11 cool on sheets.
• 12 do ahead - can be made ahead.
• 13 store airtight at room temperature up to 2 days or freeze up to 2 weeks.