Chewy Cranberry Chips Cookies

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 ounces neufchatel cheese
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour or 1 3/4 cups whole wheat
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, fresh grated
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 egg, whole
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/2 cup vanilla baking chips
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon candied ginger, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 heat butter in a pan till lightly browned and has a nutty fragrance.
• 3 whisk in cheese and sugars and salt. let sit while stirring flour, baking soda, nutmeg and ginger together. give a stir to the butter mixture let sit again while placing parchment paper on three large cookie sheet pans. fyi letting the sugars sit in the butter/ cheese mixture helps dissolve the sugars, making a delicious chewy cookie.
• 4 whisk in whole egg, yolk and vanilla.
• 5 stir in the flour mixture to combine then stir in the chips, orange zest and cranberries. and optional candied ginger if you like.
• 6 place 8 cookies per sheet pan.
• 7 bake 12-14 minutes.
• 8 remove from oven and let rest 1-2 minutes.
• 9 remove and let cool on wire racks.