Cherry Nut Cookie Jar Cookies
- Number of people4
- DifficultyBeginner
- Prep time
- Cooking time
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup shelled roasted salted pistachios, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup white chocolate baking chips
- 1 cup dried tart cherries, coarsely chopped
Preparation
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In large mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla with beaters on Speed #5 until smooth and creamy. Add flour and baking soda. Beat on Speed #1 for 30 seconds or until mixed, then increase to Speed #5 until smooth.
- By hand, stir in pistachios, baking chips and cherries.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
- Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until edges start to brown.
- Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes.
- Remove to cooling rack.
- Repeat until all cookies are baked.
- If baking 2 sheets at a time, rotate sheets half-way through baking time.
