Cranberry-Chocolate Cookies

Name: Cranberry-Chocolate Cookies
Cook time: 16 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 8 tbsp unsalted butter; 0.75 cup light brown sugar; 2 tbsp orange juice; 1 tsp king arthur pure vanilla extract; 0.5 tsp baking powder; 0.25 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp table salt; 1 each egg; 1.25 cup king arthur golden wheat flour; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1 cup dried cranberries; 0.75 cup pecans

King Arthur Test Kitchen · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe

The tangy-sweet cranberries in this cookie are a bright complement to the dark chocolate bits; it's a combination we're sure you'll love in this 100% whole-grain cookie.

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Ingredients

unsalted butter(113g, softened)8 tbsp (114g)

light brown sugar(159g, packed)0.75 cup (159g)

orange juice(28g)2 tbsp (28g)

king arthur pure vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

baking powder0.5 tsp (2g)

baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)

table salt0.5 tsp (2g)

egg1 each (50g)

king arthur golden wheat flour(142g)1.25 cup (142g)

semisweet chocolate chips(170g)1 cup (170g)

dried cranberries(113g)1 cup (113g)

pecans(85g, chopped*)0.75 cup (85g)

Total dough weight870g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 14-16 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~24 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.3. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.25 (30th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.89 (18th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.35 (75th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.20 (77th percentile)

Fat %13.1 (26th percentile)

Sugar %18.3 (36th percentile)

Hydration0.35 (68th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.25

Flour:Sugar

0.89

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.35

Chocolate:Flour

1.20

Fat %

13.1

Sugar %

18.3

Flour %

16.3

Hydration