Cherry Almond White Chocolate Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter

  softened (2 sticks)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar

  packed
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 tsp. real vanilla extract

  (no imitation vanilla flavoring)
• 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 3/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 cups candied cherries

  diced
• 2 cups white chocolate chips

  not vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips
• 1 cup almonds

  slivered

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 Chop cherries.
• 3 Set aside.
• 4 In a large mixing bowl, mix the butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla, salt, baking
  powder and baking soda with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 5 Stir in flour, chopped cherries, white chocolate chips and almonds with a wooden
  spoon to thoroughly combine.
• 6 Stir thoroughly; this may take 4-5 minutes.
• 7 Shape dough with hands into golf ball-sized dough balls and place a couple
  inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
• 8 Bake for 13-15 minutes or until edges are light brown.
• 9 Rotate cookies on racks every six to eight minutes while baking.
• 10 Cool completely.

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