Delicious Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup orange juice (to soak the cranberries in, then saving 1 1/4 tsps. of it later)
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup slivered almonds (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put the cranberries in a wide and shallow bowl, pour in a bit of the orange juice. enough so they're surrounded by it, but not drowning.
• 2 cover and place in the refrigerator for an hour or more. afterwards, place a colander over a bowl and pour the cranberries and orange juice through, putting the cranberries and the orange juice they soaked in aside.
• 3 beat the butter until light and fluffy. add the sugars and beat again.
• 4 add the eggs, vanilla, and 1 1/4 tsps. of the orange juice . beat until light and fluffy.
• 5 sift together the dry ingredients, then add to the mixture a bit at a time, beating until just mixed.
• 6 fold in the cranberries and chocolate chips.
• 7 let chill for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
• 8 place rounded tablespoonfuls down on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 9 bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• 10 cool for a minute, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.