Triple Chip Cranberry Sunflower Chocolate Chip Cookies

A friend next door helped me out today on short notice and, as they say, was a life saver! So I really wanted to thank her with something special and from the heart. So what about some French wine and home-made cookies, left on her back porch?!

These are a fun mix of chocolate chips - milk, dark and white - with dried cranberries and sunflower seeds. What's not to like?

Thanks Lindsey!!! And Bon Appetite!

1-1/8 cups flour (1 cup plus 2 Tbsp)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 stick butter, at room temperature, cut into 1/4-inch slices

A scant 3/4 cup white sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg, room temperature

1-1/4 cup mixed (white, milk, dark) chocolate chips (1/2 bag or 4.5 oz)

1/3 cup dried cranberries

1/4 cup salted sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 350F.

Whisk together the first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl. Now add the next 3 ingredients to a large bowl and beat them together to a smooth creamy texture.

Add the egg and beat it in until you have a rich yellow creamy texture.

Now beat in the dry contents of the first bowl into the butter/sugar mixture in about 3 batches. The dough will be quite thick.

Next, stir in the chocolate chips, cranberries and sunflower seeds.

Spoon out 1/2-tablespoon sized balls and place on an uncreased cookie sheet, about 2-inches apart - I did about 1-1/2 inch spacing and some cookies melded together - one of life’s wonderful problems to deal with. You’ll have plenty of room with 2 cookie sheets and a good 2-inch spacing.

Bake about 9-10 minutes, watching carefully. They will look a bit pale, but they’ll crisp up - I assure you I’ve done the experiment for you. If you cook or cool them too long they’ll be delicious crispy crumbs after you take them off the cookie sheet!

Let cool slightly (only about 1-2 minutes) and then remove from cookie sheet with a thin metal spatula onto a cooling rack.

If you let them cool too much, they will stick and crumble when you remove them. They should be plenty warm!

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

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