If you can't find the superfine sugar, you can make it at home by pulsing granulated sugar in a food processor to break the crystals down. This is NOT the same as powdered sugar. To get uniform cookies, I like to use a cookie scoop. This helps them all bake evenly.
These are great on their own, but they make wicked good ice cream sandwiches too! If you aren't a fan of white chocolate, you definitely can use semi-sweet, milk or dark. I've also used cherry flavored dried cranberries in place of the cherries.
American Pride Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter -- softened
- 3/4c superfine sugar
- 3/4c light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/4c bread flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1t salt
- 1c dried cherries or dried cherry flavored cranberries
- 1c dried blueberries
- 2/3c white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate
Instructions
- Beat together butter and sugars until creamy. Beat in eggs. Sift in flour, salt and baking powder. Mix to combine. Add cranberries, blueberries and white chocolate chips, mix well. Chill mixture for at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop dough onto parchment-lined sheets, 8 per sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool 5 minute on sheets, then move to wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Yield 3 ½ dozen cookies.
Adapted from a recipe I created for a local cookie contest in September 2005.
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Firecracker Roll by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Patriotic Pudding Firecrackers by Daily Dish Recipes
Patriotic S'mores Brownies by Amy's Cooking Adventures
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Oh, I can just imagine how great these would be with ice cream sandwiched between them...YUM!!!
ReplyDeleteSo, so good!
DeleteThese cookies look fantastic. Love the berries!! Soft and chewy. YUM!
ReplyDeleteThe fruit makes them perfectly acceptable to eat for breakfast, at least in my view ;)
DeleteI never tried super fine sugar for cookies. Thanks for the tip, these cookies look amazing!
ReplyDeleteI had originally bought it for a different dessert, but then ended up trying it in these and loved the end result. :)
DeleteLoving these cookies. Thanks for sharing Jolene.
ReplyDeleteMy guys do too, I actually had to hide a few in order to get any myself :)
DeleteI love your take on the red white and blue!! Looks so delicious.
ReplyDeleteThank you! :) They're so good!
DeleteYum! these are perfect for summer parties!
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