Old Fashioned Cherry Cookies

The ultimate cherry cookie with white chocolate chunks. This recipe for old fashioned cherry cookies with white chocolate is easy and quick to prepare and uses a few ingredients. Old-fashioned cheery cookies are simply delicious, make a batch of these cookies for Parties, Holidays, Christmas, or to enjoy as an everyday snack.

Making white chocolate cherry drop cookies is super easy, in just 30 minutes you will have fresh homemade cherry cookies that everyone will enjoy. You can use fresh cherries or cherry chips to make these delicious cookies.

This recipe will yield about 36 white chocolate cherry cookies depending on your drop weight. Make sure to space out the cookie batter as you place it onto the baking tray to avoid them touching each other during baking.

Let’s make these old-fashioned cherry cookies with white chocolate!

Old fashioned chocolate cherry cookies

Ingredients For Old Fashioned Cherry Cookies

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups cherry chips, or 1 cup freshly chopped cherries
  • 3/4 cup white chocolate chunks or chips
  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 2/3 cup butter

How To Make Old Fashioned Cherry Cookies?

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F, and line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper. You can also use just one baking tray at a time and refrigerate or freeze the rest of the cookie dough.
  2. In a large bowl, combine and cream together the butter, shortening, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
  3. Add the vanilla extract and eggs and mix to combine.
  4. Whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl, then add to the butter mixture and stir together until the cookie dough is formed.
  5. Add the cherry chips or freshly chopped cherries, and white chocolate, and combine them with the mixture.
  6. Drop the cookies using a rounded tablespoon onto the cookie sheet separating them apart about 3inches.
  7. Place the baking tray into the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cherry cookies are golden brown.
  8. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes then transfer them onto a wire rack and completely cool.
  9. Keep these cherry cookies stored in an air-tight container, they will keep for up to 2 weeks.
  10. Enjoy!

Old Fashioned Cherry Cookies

This recipe for homemade old-fashioned cherry cookies white chocolate is a holiday classic, and are the perfect treat for any tea party or celebration.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert, Holiday
Cuisine Italian
Servings 36 cookies
Calories 90 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups cherry chips or 1 cup freshly chopped cherries
  • 3/4 cup white chocolate chunks or chips
  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 2/3 cup butter

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F, and line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper. You can also use just one baking tray at a time and refrigerate or freeze the rest of the cookie dough.
  • In a large bowl, combine and cream together the butter, shortening, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
  • Add the vanilla extract and eggs and mix to combine.
  • Whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl, then add to the butter mixture and stir together until the cookie dough is formed.
  • Add the cherry chips or freshly chopped cherries, and white chocolate, and combine them with the mixture.
  • Drop the cookies using a rounded tablespoon onto the cookie sheet separating them apart about 3inches.
  • Place the baking tray into the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cherry cookies are golden brown.
  • Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes then transfer them onto a wire rack and completely cool.
  • Keep these cherry cookies stored in an air-tight container, they will keep for up to 2 weeks.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Cherry Chip Cookies, Cherry Cookies, Cherry Cookies With White Chocolate, Christmas Cherry Cookies, Easy Cherry Cookies, Fast Cherry Cookies, Holiday Cherry Cookies, Old Fashioned Cherry Cookies

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