Soft Sugar Cookies With White Chocolate, Almonds, and Cranberries

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon almond extract 
• 1 tablespoon double-acting baking powder 
• 1 cup butter softened
• 6 ounce cherry-flavored cranberries dried sweetened craisins® (such as cherry-flavor )
• 3  eggs 
• 5.3 cups flour all-purpose
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 
• 1 cup shortening 
• 1 cup slivered almonds chopped
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup chocolate chips white
• 2.3 cups sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• wire rack

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat sugar, shortening, and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixture until smooth. Beat eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract into butter mixture.
3. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until dough just comes together. Stir almonds, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries into the dough.
4. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
5. Bake cookies until bottom edges are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool cookies for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.