This post was originally featured as a guest post on Sprinkles of Parsley.
If you’re familiar with my blog, you already know that I have quite the sweet tooth. It’s no surprise that I decided to share a dessert recipe, specifically, cookies! Cookies are a great snack or dessert, not only because they are delicious, but also because they are portion-controlled… if you have willpower, of course.
I happen to love cherries. I prefer them fresh, but I enjoy them dried, as well. They are a great addition to any dish, adding a nice pop of flavor. When I first came across this recipe, I knew I had to make them! Sadly, it took me months to get around to it. Better late than never, because these cookies are pure bliss! Light and airy, these cookies boast a cake-like texture, with the white chocolate lends the cookies a slight vanilla flavor, which pairs perfectly with the slightly sweet, slight tart cherries. These cookies are a refreshing change from the classic chocolate chip cookie. Unique and delicious, these cookies will hit the spot!
In the bowl of an electric mixer combine your butter and sugar:
Cream together your ingredients over medium/high speed until light and fluffy:
Add your eggs, one at a time:
Mix until combined:
Then add your vanilla extract:
Then your cream:
Add sifted flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until dough comes together:
Then add your cherries:
And the white chocolate chips. Fold them into your batter and refrigerate your dough overnight:
Once the dough has chilled, use a cookie scoop to form dough balls.
Drop balls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper:
Bake your cookies at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are cooked through.
Once done, remove from oven. Let cool. and… voila!
White Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Slightly adapted from How Sweet It Is
Yields about 2 dozen
Prep Time: 30 minutes plus overnight refrigeration
Bake Time: 8-10 minutes
Print this recipe!
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, at room temperature
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3/4 cup sugar
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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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2 tablespoons heavy cream
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2 1/2 cups flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon sea salt
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1 cup dried cherries
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1 cup white chocolate chips
Directions
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Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Mix until combined. Add vanilla and heavy cream. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until dough comes together. Fold in cherries and chocolate chips.
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Refrigerate overnight. Once the dough has chilled, use a cookie scoop to form dough balls. Drop balls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
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To bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are done.
This is a great combo – I usually think of white chocolate and cranberry and I love the addition of cherries!
Even more proof we are twinies…I have the same Kitchen Aid measuring spoons! Orange is where it’s at
& YES, these cookies are DELISH…I can testify to that fact!!!
I have the hardest time finding dried cherries. must find asap!!
The thing that caught my eye was using white chips with cherries. I’ve used white chips for a lot of recipes and my fav is white chips and raspberry cookies, but as I read the recipe I asked myself on why you use heavy cream and sea salt. I saw why for the cream because it gives it a cake like feel, but the sea salt. Does it give more flavor or helps with the texture. Just curious. Looks great, may have to try them out myself. Thanks.
I love a simple cookie!
Yum! Love dried cherries!
Yum! I love the addition of the cherries!
White chocolate and cherries is definitely one of my favorite combinations. So pretty, too!
Delicious!
I love white chocolate and cherries in biscotti but I think I’d also love them in regular old cookie form!
YUM – these sound great, I love the tart of a cherry with sweet white chocolate!
Oh, yum! These sound like the PERFECT combination!
Cranberries really make cookies and loaves pop don’t they!
What a great recipe, these sound delicious and are so pretty!
This is one of my favorite cookie flavors! I had forgotten how much I loved it until I saw this post! I must make these!
oooo, I love dried cherries and any excuse to use them in cookies works for me
Thanks Liz!! Buzzed you 
Yum! Love white chocolate chips with the tart cherries in a cookie.
I love white chocolate with dried cranberries, and I can imagine it tasting wonderfully with dried cherries too!
Love these cookies! Fruit and white chocolate together in a cookie – I want one!
These look great, I bet they tasted amazing! I will give them a try!
Any kind of chocolate with cherries is acceptable to me and I would love to have a few of these gems. Great recipe-yum!
Cherry! Dried cherries! I adore dried cherries for their wonderful flavor. This is an awesome combination!
yuuuuuuum! these look great.. i’m a sucker for white chocolate! .. and cherries!
Love me some white chocolate in cookies! God, I could go for one of these after this day at work.
These look very summer like to me — light colored, creamy yet fruity. Thanks for sharing.
Two of my favorite flavors. Yum!