Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Not gonna lie, I just whipped this up with stuff that was lying around the house because I didn't want to go to the grocery on Superbowl Sunday. Last week's coffee cake came out good, but was missing the struessel topping. I've determined that my office just isn't into coffee cake. I think it's because they have to cut it apart, and prefer things to be pre-cut. This week I decided to go do cookies because everyone likes cookies. I had four bags of craisins, so I whipped up a cranberry chocolate chip recipe. Next week stars the next multi-part series, stay tuned.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1-1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions

1. Cream the butter in a large bowl, gradually adding the brown sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each one. Blend in the vanilla.
2. Mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture in two stages. Stir in the cranberries, and chocolate chips.
3. Line two cookie sheets with foil and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spoon heaping tablespoonfuls of dough onto the sheets, leaving 3 inches between each cookie. Bake for about 11 minutes, or until golden brown. Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool.

Search for the Ultimate Coffee Cake: Part Two

Appologies for not posting sooner. For this week's recipe I took last week's recipe and substituted turbinado for the brown sugar and dried cranberries for the raisins. I didn't take pictures but it looks essentially the same. I tried to add a streusel topping, but the butter ended up melting into the cake instead of forming a nice crunchy topping. I'm afraid I haven't mastered the streusel yet. If this version is approved, I'll post the recipe with any improvements next week. I may start over with a clean slate as I'm not sure how I like the boiled butter.