Cookies bursting with chewy cherry chunks, white chocolate chips and delicious pecans are so good straight from the oven and even better a couple of days later… if they make it that long! 

It was a cold, overcast afternoon 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. After two late nights of work in a row, we  were rewarded with a two-hour head start on our weekend. All we needed was a cup of hot tea and some warm cookies to go with. What? No cookies? A quick perusal of the pantry revealed a bag of white chocolate chips, dried cherries, and pecan halves. Don’t worry, Jack, fresh warm cookies are on the way!

White Chocolate Chip Cherry Pecan Chunk Cookies

Ingredients

• 12 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup dried cherries, chopped
• 1 cup white chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cream together butter and sugars.
3. Mix in eggs, one at a time.
4. Mix in vanilla.
5. Mix in milk.
6. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
7. Stir flour into butter mixture until just combined.
8. Use same bowl as flour to mix together nuts, cherries, and chocolate chips.
9. Stir nut mixture into dough, until just combined.
10. Drop by tablespoons onto parchment-covered baking sheets.
11. Bake for 11 minutes.
12. Let cool on wire racks.

Recipe adapted from food network.com.