Cranberry Cookies With Browned Butter Glaze Food

CRANBERRY COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and orange juice. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in cranberries, baking chips and pecans., Drop dough by level tablespoonfuls 1 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For glaze, in a small heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Heat 5-7 minutes or until golden brown, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough water to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set.

BROWN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat butter over medium heat for 5 minutes or so, until it turns nut brown in color. The foaming and bubbling is part of the browning process, but watch it carefully so that you don't burn the butter. Remove from heat, and cool slightly. Reserve 1/2 cup of the butter for the frosting.
• Pour remaining browned butter into a large mixing bowl. Beat browned butter with brown sugar until the butter is no longer hot. Mix in eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Beat thoroughly. Mix in flour and chopped pecans. Drop tablespoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown around the edges. Cool.
• In a medium bowl, mix the reserved 1/2 cup browned butter with 2 teaspoons vanilla, confectioners' sugar, and hot water. Beat until smooth, and use to frost cooled cookies.

FRESH CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• In a food processor or blender pulse cranberries until medium-fine. Set aside.
• Cream sugar and butter.
• Add all the rest of the ingredients except cranberries; mix well.
• Gently mix in cranberries.
• Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375* for 8 to 10 minutes or until rim of cookie is lightly browned. Don't overbake or they will be dry and hard. :-).
• Brush on the glaze while still warm.
• *GLAZE*.
• Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice till smooth. Should be very thin like gravy. Add more or less sugar for right consistency.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWN BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, and baking powder. Stir to combine and set aside.
• In a mixer with paddle attachment, or large bowl add butter, sugar, mix to combine.
• Add egg, milk, pumpkin, and vanilla, mix until smooth.
• Slowly add flour mixture. Dough will be sticky.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet. Slightly flatten if you prefer, the cookie will hold its shape.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, check at 10. Remove to wire rack.
• Flor glaze:.
• In a medium bowl, add powdered sugar.
• Place butter in a small saucepan. Melt butter over medium heat until bubbly. Cook, stirring occasionally until golden brown.
• Remove from heat and pour butter into the bowl of powdered sugar. Add milk and vanilla, stir until smooth.
• When cookies are cool, dip top of cookie in glaze and return to rack to cool. If the glaze is too thick, add more milk to reach desired consistency and drizzle over cookies.

CRAZY YUMMY CRANBERRY PECAN COOKIES WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter, white and brown sugars, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until the mixture is creamy and well blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and then gradually beat in the flour just until the mixture makes a soft dough. Stir in the pecans, rolled oats, and cranberries, and drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are set and the edges are slightly brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool for 1 minute on baking sheets before removing to wire racks to finish cooling. Glaze cookies while still a little warm.
• Place the confectioners' sugar and orange juice in a microwave-safe bowl, and stir to dissolve the sugar. Stir in the orange zest and butter, and microwave on medium power until the butter melts and the mixture is warm, about 30 seconds. Stir the warm glaze until smooth, and drizzle over cookies.