Cranberry White Chocolate Shortbread

Name: Cranberry White Chocolate Shortbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 30 cookie sticks
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; ¾ cup powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; ¾ cup dried cranberries; ¾ cup melted white chocolate chips; white sanding sugar

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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings
30 cookie sticks
Calories
131 kcal
Course
Baked Goods
Cuisine
American

Cranberry White Chocolate Shortbread

Nicole Henderson

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Get festive with these Cranberry White Chocolate Shortbread Cookie Sticks. Melt in your mouth delicious! You may need to double the recipe, these go fast!

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Ingredients

Servings

1 cup unsalted butter softened
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup dried cranberries Craisins
¾ cup melted white chocolate chips
white sanding sugar for garnish, optional

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Instructions

Line a 15x10-inch baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degree.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until creamy. Add in flour and beat until combined. Fold in dried cranberries.
Drop dough into center of baking sheet, and using the heels of your hand, press dough into a large rectangle. You want the dough to be the same thickness throughout, so keep pressing until you have a rectangle about 12x10-inches and about 1/4-inch thick.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until edges begin to lightly brown. Remove from oven and immediately cut into strips using a pizza cutter. Once cooled, drizzle with melted white chocolate and add sparkly white sanding sugar for a garnish. ENJOY!

Notes

Melting chocolate: To melt the chocolate chips, I microwave them in a glass bowl in 30 second increments. Stir the chocolate between each interval until it’s completely melted and smooth.
Use softened butter. Cold butter is more difficult to work into the dough and disrupts the consistency of the shortbread cookies.
Storing: Store covered at room temperature. You can freeze these cookies but they will lose some of their crispiness, so I prefer them served soon after baking.
No pizza cutter? You can use a very sharp knife to cut these bars. Cut carefully to keep the shape of the sticks and make clean lines.
See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 131kcal (7%) Carbohydrates 15g (5%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Polyunsaturated Fat 2g Cholesterol 17mg (6%) Sodium 5mg (0%) Sugar 8g (16%)