These cranberry orange cookies are nice to have during the holidays, but don't expect them to stay around long. These orange-flavored cranberry cookies are tart and delicious, not to mention beautiful. Not really a favorite of kids.
Ingredients
- unsalted butter: 1 cup (softened)
- white sugar: 1 cup
- packed brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- egg: 1 piece
- orange juice: 2 Tbsp
- orange zest: 1 tsp (grated)
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 2 piece
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- cranberries: 2 cups (chopped)
- walnuts: 0.5 cup (chopped, optional)
- ½ cups confectioners' sugar: 1 piece
- orange juice: 3 Tbsp
- orange zest: 0.5 tsp (grated)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
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Make the cookies: Cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth. Beat in egg until well blended. Mix in orange juice and zest.
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Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture into the butter mixture until combined. Mix in cranberries and walnuts until evenly distributed.
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Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
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Bake in the preheated oven, switching racks halfway through, until edges are golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
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Meanwhile, make the glaze: Mix together confectioners' sugar, orange juice, and zest in a small bowl until smooth.
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Spread glaze over the tops of the cooled cookies; let stand until set. Kimberly Kahmann Harvey
