Double Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies

Many years ago, a dear friend discovered this recipe for chocolate chunk cookies; she shared it with us and then. Here is the original recipe.

Granted, there are A LOT of chocolate chips in these babies but damn, they’re GOOD!

Double Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Cookies

Makes 60 cookies

Ingredients:

• 227 g unsalted butter at room temperature
• 200 g brown sugar
• 100 g granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 10 mL pure vanilla extract
• 360 g all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 300 g semi-sweet chocolate, chopped into chunks (chocolate chips work too)
• 300 g milk chocolate chips
• 150 g of dried, unsweetened cranberries or dried cherries

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
2. Combine the butter and two sugars in the large bowl of your stand mixer with the creaming paddle attachment and cream until light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs one at a time beating well. Add the vanilla.
4. Sift the flour, baking soda and salt together and add in two batched into the batter, mixing until combined.
5. Fold in the chocolate chips and dried cranberries.
6. Drop walnut-sized balls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and press down a bit.
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until slightly golden. For chewier cookies, slightly underbake.