Cherry-Vanilla Bean Cookies
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 a vanilla bean, seeds scraped out
1 large egg
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans, walnuts or almonds, toasted
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together butter, sugar and vanilla bean seeds until creamy - about 1 minute. Beat in egg, sour cream, baking powder, baking soda and salt until well combined - about 1 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour, cherries, nuts and white chocolate chips until just incorporated.
Place heaping tablespoons full of dough onto cookie sheets. Bake 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Makes 2 dozen big cookies
These are definitely blogworthy Emily. I used to wish my name were Georgina...go figure, but my dads name is George.
ReplyDeleteGreat name for a cookie!
ReplyDeleteLOL I read the baby-sitters club growing up too!! I had tons of them, and I always wanted to be Stacy... she seemed like the cool one in the group.
ReplyDeleteAnd I always wanted my name to be Victoria ( I was also born on queen victoria's birthday -- so I thought it would be a natural choice lol)
These cookies look like perfection :) I can't wait to give them a try
I love a good sugar cookie and I have been on a dried cherry kick for my oatmeal. These sound wonderful and full of so many flavors with the sour cream in here, too. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI love cherries in cookies! Yum!
ReplyDeleteNice combination of flavors. I made a sour cream chocolate chip cookie a long time ago and liked the texture it gave the dough. I'm going to make these!
ReplyDeleteOh I bet these cookies are so good. I love vanilla, vanilla beans...and cookies :)
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for putting your comments on the same page as the post...so much easier!
Great combination of tasty ingredients. I like the addition of sour cream too - I imagine that would make them quite soft and moist. Beautiful pictures as always! You are a very talented photographer!
ReplyDeleteHaha I kind of wished I was a Felicity. Or a Kerstin. But never a Molly or Maryanne or a Stacy. Sigh. I miss those books.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are ANYTHING but simple! They are just pure awesome.
Yummy, these cookies looks so great. Love vanilla beans!
ReplyDeletethese cookies sound amazing! will definitely be trying these soon! and i was totally obsessed with the babysitters club books growing up :)
ReplyDeleteLove love love vanilla beans! Especially fresh ones! I've been ordering from Beanillal.com for years. Both Tahitian and Indonesian vanilla beans have cherry-chocolate tones in the flavor... prefect match for this recipe! Thank you so much :)
ReplyDeletethese sound perfectly, simply, deliciously amazing!! a must make for my afternoon cup of tea ;)
ReplyDeleteI have made these cookies multiple times. Absolutely delicious. I only bake for 10 minutes... it keeps them nice and soft. Wonderful recipe.
ReplyDeleteI used to wish my name was Dierdre. I had no idea how it even sounded but I think I read it in a Goosebumps book and thought it looked cool. No. joke.
ReplyDeleteMaking these tonight - can't wait!