Orange Cranberry Cookies
https://easyhomemaderecipes.caI call these "don't break my heart" Orange Cranberry Cookies mostly because they are cookies baked in the shape of a heart and it's just cute to add a little spin on a cookie name. These Orange Cranberry cookies make a great cookie to add to your Christmas Cookie collection or to make throughout the year even Valentine's Day!
Ingredients
- 1 cups salted butter
- ½ cups sugar
- ⅓ cups icing sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ cups dried cranberries
- 2 to 3 tbsp orange zest about 1 orange
- 2 tbsp orange juice crystals like tang
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a couple of baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside. Add butter, orange zest and sugars to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat ingredients until smooth. About 3 minutes.
- In another mixing bowl combine flour, salt, and baking powder together. Combine well using a whisk. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture a little at a time alternating with the eggs. Continue to alternate between the flour mixture and eggs .
- Add the juice crystals and continue alternating between adding the flour and eggs. Add more juice crystals if needed. Add the cranberries and finish mixing until the mixture resembles a dough. If needed you can remove from stand mixer and finish combining ingredients manually on the counter.
- Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes. Roll out dough into sheets ¼ inch thick and using a cookie cutter, preferably hearts ( 😊 ), cut out hearts and place them on the cookie sheet carefully. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Store in air-tight container or freeze.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 53kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 34mgSugar: 3g
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