Another Cookie Post - Cranberry Orange Cookies

I was starting to make my cookie baking list and got all excited when I remembered this one.
I made this recipe a couple years ago and they are AWESOME. Do yourself a favor and use some kind of food processor (magic bullet!) or something to chop the cranberries. Something I wish I would have thought of before I spent so much time trying to cut up rolling cranberries.
http://allrecipes.com/Cooks-Profile/Photo.aspx?PhotoID=7571 (there's a picture, seeing as I don't have one)

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar



DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg until well blended. Mix in 1 teaspoon orange zest and 2 tablespoons orange juice.

Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the orange mixture. Mix in cranberries and if using, walnuts, until evenly distributed. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cookies should be spaced at least 2 inches apart.

Bake for 12 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 teaspoon orange zest, 3 tablespoons orange juice and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over the tops of cooled cookies. Let stand until set.

1 comments:

angie said...

these sound great! do you think dried cranberries would work ok?