Chewy Cranberry Chips Cookies

• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 ounces neufchatel cheese
• 34 cup dark brown sugar
• 12 cup white sugar
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 1 34 cups all-purpose flour or 1 34 cups whole wheat
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 14 teaspoon nutmeg, fresh grated
• 12 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 egg, whole
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 12 cup vanilla baking chips
• 34 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon candied ginger, chopped (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Heat butter in a pan till lightly browned and has a nutty fragrance.
3. Whisk in cheese and sugars and salt.
4. Let sit while stirring flour, baking soda, nutmeg and ginger together.
5. Give a stir to the butter mixture let sit again while placing parchment paper on three large cookie sheet pans.
6. FYI Letting the sugars sit in the butter/ cheese mixture helps dissolve the sugars, making a delicious chewy cookie.
7. Whisk in whole egg, yolk and vanilla.
8. Stir in the flour mixture to combine then stir in the chips, orange zest and cranberries.
9. And optional candied ginger if you like.
10. Place 8 cookies per sheet pan.
11. Bake 12-14 minutes.
12. Remove from oven and let rest 1-2 minutes.
13. Remove and let cool on wire racks.

butter, neufchatel cheese, brown sugar, white sugar, salt, flour, baking soda, nutmeg, ground ginger, egg, egg yolk, vanilla, cranberries, orange zest, vanilla baking chips, semisweet chocolate chips, candied ginger

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chewy-cranberry-chips-cookies-443159 (may not work)