Feast your senses on a delightful culinary journey with our tantalizing Cranberry Chocolate Cookies with a Kick! These delectable morsels are a perfect blend of sweet, tangy, and spicy flavors that will leave you craving more. Indulge in the harmonious dance of cranberries' tartness, rich chocolate's decadence, and a hint of zesty cayenne pepper that adds an unexpected yet delightful kick. Each bite is a symphony of textures, from the chewy cookie base to the burst of juicy cranberries and the smooth, velvety chocolate chunks. With three variations to choose from, these cookies cater to diverse preferences. The classic recipe offers a timeless combination of flavors, while the white chocolate version adds a touch of creamy sweetness. For those who enjoy a bit of heat, the cayenne pepper variation delivers a fiery kick that lingers pleasantly on the palate. No matter your choice, these Cranberry Chocolate Cookies with a Kick promise an unforgettable taste experience that will satisfy your sweet cravings and leave you wanting more.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY COOKIES
Super chocolaty cookie that has a nice pop of red and some chewy bits. Good for holiday gifts!
Provided by Jennifer Cheng
Categories Desserts Cookies Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 72
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two cookie sheets.
- Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
- Cream butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Gradually add flour mixture until combined. Mix in cranberries and chocolate chips.
- Place rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Flatten each ball slightly with a fork.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are soft and tops are no longer glossy, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 81.8 calories, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 11.9 mg, Fat 3.9 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 37.4 mg, Sugar 7.9 g
CRANBERRY-CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES
There must have been some magic baking up in the Betty Crocker Kitchens when this recipe was developed, because this deceptively simple cookie is about to steal the show (and your heart). Perfect for bake sales, book clubs, Christmas cookie exchanges and anything in between, this genius recipe will disappear in almost the same short amount of time it takes to make them-maybe even faster. To keep it simple, we started with Betty Crocker's sugar cookie mix, added a few heaps of dark chocolate chunks, tossed in dried cranberries and for a dazzling finish we sprinkled these confections with coarse sparkling sugar. We could have picked a different dried fruit, but the sweet-tart cranberries balance out the rich dark chocolate so perfectly that we'd say this combination is a match made in flavor heaven. Plus, with just 20 minutes of prep, you can make this always-impressive cookie in almost no time flat!
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 28
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Make dough as directed on pouch for drop cookies. Stir in chocolate chunks and cranberries. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle sugar on tops.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store in airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160, Carbohydrate 21 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 80 mg, Sugar 13 g, TransFat 0 g
LINDA'S CRANBERRY COOKIES
Cranberries and white chips put a new spin on Chocolate Chip Cookies. These cookies are soft on the inside, with a little crunch around the edges. Perfect for the holidays.
Provided by Tori
Categories Desserts Cookies Fruit Cookie Recipes Cranberry
Time 1h
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two baking sheets. Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl.
- Beat the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and instant pudding with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the first egg into the butter until completely blended, then beat in the vanilla with the last egg. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the white chocolate chips and cranberries; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges of the cookies become golden brown, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool in the baking sheet for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 138.6 calories, Carbohydrate 17.5 g, Cholesterol 24.9 mg, Fat 7.1 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 120.4 mg, Sugar 10.6 g
WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheet with parchment paper.
- With an electric mixer, cream the butter and both sugars together until smooth. Add the vanilla and egg, mixing well. Sift together the flour and baking soda. Spoon the flour mixture gradually into the creamed sugar mixture. Stir in the cranberries, white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. Drop by heaping spoonfuls, about 2 tablespoons, onto the prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake one sheet at a time until lightly golden on top and the edges are set, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on the sheet about 5 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
OATMEAL, CRANBERRY AND CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories dessert
Time 46m
Yield 12 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. With the machine running, gradually add the flour mixture. Add the oats, cranberries and chocolate chunks. Mix until just incorporated (dough will be stiff). Using a 4-ounce cookie scoop, scoop slightly rounded mounds of the dough into 12 (2-inch-diameter) balls. Arrange 6 balls of dough, spaced evenly apart, on each baking sheet. Using the back of a spoon, flatten the tops slightly and bake until the cookies are slightly golden on the edges, about 13 to 15 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 20 minutes before serving.
DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY COOKIES
These chocolate cookies get an extra dose of Christmas spirit thanks to festive dried cranberries.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes 15 large cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper andlower thirds. Place 10 ounces chocolate in aheatproof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan ofsimmering water. Stir until melted; set aside.In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa,baking powder, and salt.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beatbutter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggsand vanilla; beat until combined. Beat in meltedchocolate. With mixer on low, gradually add flourmixture; beat just until combined (do not overmix).Fold in 6 ounces chocolate and cranberries.
- Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls, 3 inches apart, ontoparchment-lined baking sheets. In batches, bakecookies until edges are dry and tops are cracked,15 to 17 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.Let stand on sheets 3 minutes, then transferto wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 323 g, Fat 20 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 4 g
MOKONUTS' RYE-CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE-CHUNK COOKIES
These are the cookies that stopped me in my tracks. I was wandering along a side street in Paris's 11th Arrondissement, saw these cookies on a counter in the back of Mokonuts, a small restaurant, and walked right in to buy a few. The baker Moko Hirayama has worked on her recipe with so much care and invention that it's almost difficult to see any family resemblance to cookie's inspiration: the classic American chocolate-chip cookie. Her cookies have chunks of fine chocolate (not store-bought chips), dried cranberries, rye flour and a good measure of poppy seeds, for color, crunch and surprise. Plan ahead: Once the dough is made and formed into balls, it should be refrigerated overnight before baking. Fresh from the oven, the cookies are fragile; they firm as they cool. They'll keep for about three days at room temperature or they can be frozen for up to two months; in either case, they should be wrapped well.
Provided by Dorie Greenspan
Categories cookies and bars, dessert
Time 50m
Yield About 15 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Whisk together the rye flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, sea salt and baking soda; set aside.
- Working with a mixer (fitted with the paddle attachment, if you have one), beat the butter and both sugars together on medium speed for 3 minutes, until blended; scrape thebowl as needed. Add the egg, and beat 2 minutes more. Turn off the mixer, add the dry ingredients all at once, then pulse the mixer a few times to begin blending the ingredients. Beat on low speed until the flour almost disappears, and then add the poppy seeds, cranberries and chocolate. Mix only until incorporated. Scrape the bowl to bring the dough together.
- Have a baking sheet lined with parchment, foil or plastic wrap nearby. Divide the dough into 15 pieces, roll each piece into a ball between your palms and place on the baking sheet. Cover, and refrigerate the dough overnight or for up to 3 days. (If you'd like, you can wrap the balls airtight and freeze them for up to 1 month. Defrost them overnight in the fridge before baking.)
- When you're ready to bake, center a rack in the oven, and heat it to 425. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Arrange the cookies on the sheet, leaving 2 inches between each cookie (work with half a batch at a time and keep the remaining balls of dough in the refrigerator until needed). Sprinkle each cookie with a little flake salt, crushing it between your fingers as you do.
- Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, pull the baking sheet from the oven and, using a metal spatula, a pancake turner or the bottom of a glass, tap each cookie lightly. Let the cookies rest on the sheet for 3 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a rack. Repeat with the remaining dough, always using cold dough and a cool baking sheet.
- Serve after the cookies have cooled for about 10 minutes, or wait until they reach room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 283, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 158 milligrams, Sugar 21 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- Use fresh cranberries for the best flavor. Frozen cranberries can also be used, but they should be thawed and drained before being added to the dough.
- Chop the cranberries finely so that they distribute evenly throughout the cookies.
- Use semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips for a classic flavor combination. For a more intense chocolate flavor, use dark chocolate chips.
- Toast the pecans for a few minutes in a preheated oven to enhance their flavor.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This will help the cookies to hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
- Bake the cookies until they are just set around the edges, but still soft in the center. Overbaking will make the cookies dry and crumbly.
- Let the cookies cool on a wire rack before serving. This will help them to firm up and prevent them from falling apart.
Conclusion:
These Cranberry Chocolate Cookies with a Kick are a delicious and festive treat that is perfect for any occasion. They are easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With their combination of sweet, tart, and spicy flavors, these cookies are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them.
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