Christmas Chocolate-Cranberry Chews

The dough contains chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and almond extract, and after shaping into balls it's rolled in coconut.

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup softened butter or butter-flavored shortening
• 1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 1/2 tablespoons (whole or 2%) milk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups shredded sweetened baking coconut

Method

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Using a mixer cream butter, brown sugar, almond extract and milk in a large bowl. Add egg and mix until combined. Add salt, baking soda and flour gradually to batter until blended. Using a spatula, mix in cherries and chocolate chips. Form into golf ball-sized balls and roll balls in shredded coconut. Place balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Gently flatten each ball. Bake approximately 15 minutes or until slightly browned. Do not over bake or they will be dry. Slide paper off cookie sheet onto counter to cool.

Notes: These contain everything we love about cookies; chocolate, tart cranberries, and sweet shredded coconut.

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Submitted By: Lilykyte2056679
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