Cranberry Cookies. Beat in the egg until well blended. Cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Add to butter mixture and stir until well blended. This cranberry cookies recipe will give you about thirty-six cookies, give or take. So it works well if you need cookies to take somewhere for a Christmas celebration.
The ingredient list is simple and all you need is a pouch of sugar cookie mix, dried cranberries (Craisins), butter, and an egg.
Dotted with cranberries, orange zest and vanilla chips, these cookies are so colorful and fun to eat.
They look lovely on a dessert tray and would be a great addition to your Christmas cookie lineup. —Pat Habiger, Spearville, Kansas.
You can cook Cranberry Cookies using 9 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Cranberry Cookies
- Prepare 2 cup of All purpose flour.
- Prepare 1 cup of dehydrated Cranberries.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of soft Butter(unsalted).
- It's 1 cup of regular sugar or 1/2 cup each white and brown sugar.
- You need 1 of Egg.
- You need 1 tablespoon of Honey.
- It's 1 tablespoon of fresh or processed Cream(optional).
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla essence.
- You need 1 teaspoon of Baking powder.
These cranberry cookies are from my grandmother's recipe, and they are simply perfect. The softness of the cookie and the slight crunch of the sugar coating make them a delicious classic for Christmas or any time of year. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and both sugars together until smooth. These Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies are the old fashioned style oatmeal cookies: perfectly crisp on the outside, and chewy inside.
Cranberry Cookies step by step
- In a big mixing bowl add in soft butter and sugar. I used 1/2 cup white and 1/2 cup brown sugar..
- Mix well with a spatula and then add in 1 egg, honey and vanilla essence..
- Mix and make a smooth batter..
- Take 1 cup of dry cranberries and add into the batter. You can use other dehydrated fruits of your choice or even you can add chocolate chips in place of dehydrated fruits..
- Sieve 2 cup maida and baking powder. Add to the batter..
- Mix well using your hand and then add in 1 tablespoon of cream for richness..
- Now mix well to combine everything well to make a soft dough..
- Keep the dough in the refrigerator or so that it becomes a little hard..
- Take out the dough from refrigerator and make lemon size cookies and keep them in a baking tray lined with baking sheet. Leave some gap between the cookies as they will be double in size while baking..
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees C for 10 minutes..
- Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until the cookies start changing their colour to brown. Don't overbake them. The cookies will be darker after taking out from oven due to their inner heat..
- Carefully transfer the cookies with a baking sheet from the hot tray to stop the baking process..
- Let the cookies cool down completely before storing them to an airtight container. The cookies will be a little soft in texture. They taste really amazing..
- Just take a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy the flavourful homemade cookies..
The sweet/tart cranberries are a nice bonus! Get ready to meet your new favorite cookie. Raisins have had their day and now it's time for something better. Dried cranberries give such a zippy flavor and texture to. Soft and Chewy Vanilla-Orange Cranberry Cookies: home(run) for the holidays.