Soft Sugar Cookies With White Chocolate, Almonds, and Cranberries

Name: Soft Sugar Cookies With White Chocolate, Almonds, and Cranberries
Total time: 35
Yield: 78
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 1 cup butter, softened; 2 ¼ cups white sugar; 3 eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 5 ¼ cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 ½ 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 by Debbie Kohler from allrecipes.com

Dessert 35 Mins.

Ingredients

78 servings

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1 cup shortening
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1 cup butter, softened
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2 ¼ cups white sugar
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3 eggs
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon almond extract

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5 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
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1 tablespoon baking powder
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1 ½ teaspoons salt
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1 cup slivered almonds, chopped
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1 cup white chocolate chips
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1 (6 ounce) package cherry-flavored sweetened dried cranberries (such as cherry-flavor Craisins®)

Instructions

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.