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Gluten Free Macadamia White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

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If you love soft cookies, these gluten free white chocolate cranberry cookies will become your new favorite cookie recipe!

One bite of these craisin cookies and you will be hooked!

Gluten Free Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies on a cookie sheet with macadamia nuts and cranberries

We are finally in my favorite time of year. The leaves are turning colors, the air is cooler, and cranberries are back! I love using these tart little berries in my baking.

This time around I did use dried cranberries because I didn’t want my cookies to get soggy from the cranberry juice.”

I promise you these gluten free cranberry macadamia white chocolate chip cookies are worth it!

These cookies are soft and full of flavor. They are also healthy….as long as you don’t overdo the chocolate chips :-).

Macadamia Nuts

Macadamia nuts add a tropical crunch to these cookies. I know macadamia nuts can get expensive, so here are some good substitutes:

  • Pecans
  • Almond Slivers
  • Walnuts
  • Pistachios

Gluten Free Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies stacked on top of each other

Fresh Cranberries vs Dried Cranberries

As I mentioned earlier, you will want to use dried cranberries in this recipe. Fresh cranberries will make the cookies turn out too soggy to hold together.

Did you know these cranberry cookies are full of healthy antioxidants?”

They have more antioxidants than nearly every fruit and vegetable out there! Since they are only available fresh a few months per year, dried cranberries give you the benefit of cranberries all year long. These cookies have become one of my family’s favorite cranberry recipes.

Gluten Free Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookie with a hand holding it up. A bite was taken out of the cookie

These cookies are light and fluffy!

More Gluten Free Cookie Recipes to Try:

If you had these cookies in your kitchen, you would take a bite too :-). If you love white chocolate recipes, give this White Chocolate Mocha Mousse, or this Gluten Free White Chocolate Candied Ginger Biscotti recipe a try.

Cranberry cookie dough balls on a baking sheet ready to bake

You will love how simple these cookies are to make and I created a short video that shows all of the steps. This is how I set up my photo shoot.

Picture of cookies on a cookie sheet with a tripod and iphone taking pictures

So far I have been using my iphone to make videos because I am still figuring out how to deal with the focus when I use my DLSR. I do love this easy to use iphone tripod. It was only $7.99 and is very sturdy!

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Things You Need To Make This Recipe:

  1. Cookie scoop. This is something I used to laugh at…until I tried one. These make your cookies all the same shape, thickness, and size!
  2. My very favorite gluten free flour blend makes these cookies soft and delicious.
  3. Almond flour adds protein and helps make these healthier.

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Gluten Free Cranberry Macadamia White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gluten Free Cranberry Macadamia White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: 12 cookies
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 18 minutes
Easy gluten free cranberry macadamia white chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 3/4 cup gluten free flour blend
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 stick butter, melted
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • dash salt
  • 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, add all dry ingredients. Whisk to blend.
  3. In a small bowl, add all wet ingredients. Whisk to blend.
  4. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Add mix-ins.
  5. Mix well.
  6. Use a cookie scoop to drop cookie dough onto parchment lined cookie sheet.
  7. Bake 8 minutes until done
  8. Remove from the oven and put cookies onto a cooling rack.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: g
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 196 Saturated Fat: 5g Cholesterol: 38mg Sodium: 66mg Carbohydrates: 19g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 13g Protein: 3g
© Sandi Gaertner
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert

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Comments

    • Hi Vania, Unfortunately, this recipe is going to turn out very dry with coconut flour. Coconut flour needs a ton of liquid and I worry it will not work in this recipe. If you do try it, you will need to add a lot more liquid and some type of binder so they don’t fall apart.

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  3. Maybe I did something wrong, my cookies were flat not fluffy and spread out a lot. However, they do taste wonderful. Any recommendations for why my cookies were so flat?

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    • Hi Barbara, it could be the gluten free flour blend you used. The ratio of gluten free flours/starches in a blend can affect the moisture ratio and the thickness of the cookie. If you use the flour blend you have, you may consider adding more flour so that these cookies are puffed like in my photos. I hope this helps.

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  9. I always loved the combination of white chocolate and macadamia nuts but pairing it with cranberry is the perfect way to highlight it! Plus it looks festive for Christmas! Love your set up too! I am always happy to see how people shoot their photos

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  18. I would like to kindly request you that test this recipe again. Don’t change anything because they taste great and have awesome texture!! I just need more, uh, samples. 🙂

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