Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I am so excited the holiday season is here. Of course, one of my favorite things about the holidays is baking. My baking list is very long this year so on Saturday I turned on the Christmas tunes and got started. To kick off the holiday baking season I made pomegranate white chocolate chunk cookies.
I adore pomegranates. They are such a unique and fun fruit. I eat as many as I can during the winter months. I recently bought a pomegranate to make a pomegranate salad, but this one never made it to the salad. I used it for a batch of cookies instead:) I thought the bright red pomegranate arils would be so pretty in a cookie and I was right! They really made these cookies pop with color and flavor. The pomegranate arils burst in your mouth and are a great compliment to the white chocolate chunks.
If you are looking for a new Christmas cookie to try this year, make pomegranate white chocolate chunk cookies. They are fun, festive, and oh so delicious!
Check out my favorite holiday cookies from last year! I will be posting new holiday treat recipes throughout December, so stay tuned!
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Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Yield: 2 1/2 dozen cookies
Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 cup white chocolate chunks
1 cup pomegranate arilsDirections:
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix until just incorporated.
4. Stir in the oats and white chocolate chunks. Make dough balls-about 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie. Tuck about 6-8 pomegranate arils in each cookie dough ball. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until the cookies are golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for two minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
*Note-you can gently stir in the pomegranate arils, but I didn't want the cookies to turn pink at all. If you don't have white chocolate chunks, white chocolate chips will work as well. Enjoy!
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Gorgeous looking and sounding cookies, Maria!
girlfriend, you could teach a class on how to take the most beautiful food pics ever. these look wonderful!
It’s too good to be true. DELISH!
Wow! My husband is obsessed with pomegranate anything, so I’m sure we’ll be making these. They look great and very festive!
Woooow que maravillosa receta……. con tu permiso, la tomo.
Besos
GarEli
I love this flavor combo – great idea! And they are so pretty too.
These look great, Maria. I love white chocolate cranberry cookies, and usually make them around this time of year. Maybe I’ll swap those with your recipe.
Gorgeous cookies, gorgeous photos!
Yum, I love the chocolate and pomegranate combo. The arils are so pretty throughout the cookies.
oh i am soooo making these. they sound wonderful!
love pomegranates and have some arils i need to use up. think i could make these tonight, store them in an air-tight container, and they’d still be good on sunday when i want to serve them?
twopeas replied: — December 3rd, 2010 @ 6:47 am
Sorry, I just got your comments, they were going to my spam folder for some reason:( I wouldn’t make the cookies more than a day or two in advance-so the arils don’t get soggy and mushy.
I thought I had my Christmas desserts settled and you just had to throwthis one at me. Thanks a lot
You guys are killing me with your seasonally relevant cookies! These are beautiful.
) I’ll have to make them and report back.
[K]
Oh, Maria – you hit the jackpot on this one. What a perfect cookie for the holidays!
This recipe would have sounded odd to me, until last night. Sam came home with blueberry, pomegranite, chocolate chunk ice cream. Wow, yum! These cookies will have to be made now!
twopeas replied: — December 1st, 2010 @ 7:47 am
I need to find that ice cream:)
White chocolate and pomegranates what a great combination!!
WOW…these look yummy!!
Holy wow, those sound and look amazing Maria!
These look really good! I make a similar recipe using a mix of dried blueberries and cranberries. I have a friend who absolutely loves pomegranates, so I’m looking forward to baking her some of these cookies this weekend!
Love that second to last photo.
Btw, I saw that these were mentioned on Baking Bites…very cool!
~ingrid
twopeas replied: — December 1st, 2010 @ 8:03 pm
Thanks Ingrid!
Hi. I just wanted to let you know I made these yesterday for a little get together and they were a huge hit. Everyone loved them (especially me, I had a hard time not just eating the dough)!
twopeas replied: — December 2nd, 2010 @ 7:13 am
So glad the cookies were a hit! Thanks Heather!
oh these look like so much fun! I’m always looking for new pomegranate recipes!
These look delicious! I’m going to try it out in some regular chocolate chip cookies…. I’m sure it’ll still taste great!
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Maria, these cookies look too gorgeous to eat! I love the idea of using pomegranate arils! Thanks so much for sharing!
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I just wanted to say I made these today and they were soooooooo good. I’m not even a big white chocolate fan but the tart from the pomegranate arils offset the sweet so well and I love the little bursts of juice. I’ll have pics up on my blog in a day or two. Thanks for posting this!
twopeas replied: — December 4th, 2010 @ 5:22 pm
So glad you liked the cookies!
MMMM…! I love pomegranates. I do not like white chocolate though, so I’m going to try these with semi-sweet chocolate chips!
Wow, I never would have thought of adding the arils to cookies. What a great idea and a great combo with the white chocolate.
There were absolutely AMAZING! This recipe is a keeper for sure. My husband, who is hard to please, said they were the best cookies he’s ever had. Yum!
twopeas replied: — December 6th, 2010 @ 9:21 pm
Wow, best cookies ever? Tell your husband thanks. So glad they were a hit!
These were delicious – great recipe! I also browsed through last years group and made the Smores cookies. These were a ginormous hit with my friends and I had to promise, promise to bring them to this years cookie exchange. Thanks for sharing your recipes!
twopeas replied: — December 6th, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
Thanks for your kind words. I am so glad you are enjoying our recipes.
Made these cookies and LOVED them!! I brought them to work and they were gone in a flash– good thing I doubled the recipe when I made them. Thanks for the great recipe. These are my new favorite Holiday cookie.
twopeas replied: — December 9th, 2010 @ 2:43 pm
Glad you liked the cookies!
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Wowee – these look so delicious!
You have got to be kidding me…these cookies look amazing! I love all of your cookie recipes. This one is perfect for the holiday season and I can’t wait to try it.
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