Don't judge a cookie by its name

Our daughter, Amanda, has just signed the lease on her first apartment and will move in when school begins in the fall.
She's very happy with this new place.
Not because of the 42" flat screen TV that is in the living room of each and every furnished apartment. Not becuse of the brand new kitchen with gleaming appliances. Not because of the community garden that is onsite.
Not even because of the pool, hot tub and club house.
It seems there is a cookie making machine in the office and that every morning, a small batch of cookies is put out for the residents on a first-come, first-serve basis.
When I drove her to the complex  recently so she could take care of some paperwork, there were two cookies left from the morning's offering. White Chocolate Cranberry.
They were so delicious that we had to come home and make some of our own.
Steve, who had not tasted one of these delicious treats, was skeptical of them, based on the name.
"Chocolate and cranberries...I don't think so," he mused as we sent to work. "Those flavors just don't go together."
But when he tasted them, he asked for another...and another...and another. Never judge a cookie by its name. Turns out, the sweetness of the chocolate mixed with the tartness of the cranberries makes for one delicious recipe for snacking.
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
1/2 cup of butter, softened

1/2 cup of packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups of  flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
3/4 cup of white chocolate chips
1 cup of dried cranberries
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease the cookie sheet.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until the whole mixture is smooth. Beat in the egg.
  • Combine the flour and baking soda and stir them into the sugar mixture.
  • Mix in the white chocolate chips and cranberries. Drop the batter by heaping spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Allow the cookies to cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheet before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Vegetarian.

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