Cranberry Orange Cheesecake Cookies

Ingredients:

½ C butter

½ C shortening

¾ C brown sugar

¾ C sugar

8 oz cream cheese

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 T frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed

2¾ C flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp salt

1½ C white chocolate chips

²/₃ C dried cranberries

½ C orange juice

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375°. Put dried cranberries to soak in a small bowl with orange juice; set aside.

Cream butter, shortening and sugars. Mix in cream cheese until blended. Add eggs, vanilla and orange juice concentrate and blend until smooth.

In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Add to creamed mixture all at once; mix until just combined. Drain cranberries. Add cranberries and white chocolate chips, blending until evenly distributed.

Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheet, 2” apart. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool 1-2 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.