Cranberry Orange Holiday Cookies Food

CRANBERRY ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine all orange sugar ingredients in bowl; stir until well mixed. Set aside.
• Combine 1 cup sugar and butter in large bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add egg and 1 teaspoon orange zest; mix until combined. Add flour, baking powder and baking soda; beat at low speed until well mixed. Add cranberries. Continue beating just until mixed.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll balls in orange sugar. Place, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten with bottom of glass to 1 1/2-inch circles.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack.

CRANBERRY ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• 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.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Pulse the dried cranberries and granulated sugar in a food processor until the cranberries are finely ground and the sugar turns red. Add the flour, baking powder, orange zest, salt, allspice and cloves and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse meal.
• Combine the cranberry juice, food coloring and vanilla in a small bowl and add to the food processor along with the egg; pulse until a dough forms. Transfer the dough to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll heaping teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, then roll the balls in sanding sugar and arrange about 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake, switching the position of the pans halfway through, until the cookies are just set on top and golden on the bottom, 18 to 24 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• In a medium bowl cream butter, brown sugar, egg, peel, baking powder and allspice.
• Blend in flour and stir in oats and cranberry sauce.
• Drop batter from a teaspoon onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until light brown.
• Cool on racks and drizzle glaze over cookies.
• Whip together glaze ingredients and drizzle from a spoon.

ORANGE ICED CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Cream together the butter and sugars. Add egg, orange peel, and orange juice, mix thoroughly.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet ingredients, mixing only until combined.
• Stir in cranberries and nuts.
• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, on a cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, and then cool on a rack about 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl stir all icing ingredients until smooth. Frost cookies. I like to put the icing into a small ziploc bag, snip off the corner, and pipe spirals onto the cookies.

CRANBERRY ORANGE HOLIDAY COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. *** NOTE *** If you are using frozen cranberries, thaw them completely in a colander before using. Cut them in at least half .. more if you prefer. I don't recommend putting them through a food processor .. they become too tiny.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• 3. In a medium bowl whisk together the flour and baking powder then set aside.
• 4. In another bowl whip the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, orange zest, vanilla and orange juice and mix until everything is well combined.
• 5. Begin adding the flour mixture about 1/3 at a time being careful not to over mix .. just until the flour mixture is incorporated. Fold in the chopped cranberries and the pecans.
• 6. Scoop out dough using a small cookie scoop. Place cookies onto prepared baking sheets about 1/2" apart. These cookies do not spread much at all. .
• 7. I bake mine as they come out of the cookie scoop. But if you prefer you can gently press the dough to flatten it slightly. I suggest you put the dough in the refrigerator between batches for best results.
• 8. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until you see the edges turning golden brown. Leave the cookies on the baking sheet for 10 minutes then remove to cooling racks to finish cooling down.
• 9. Once all cookies are baked and cooled, make your glaze. Whisk together the powdered sugar, orange zest and half of the orange juice in a small size bowl or a 2 cup measuring cup. Add more orange juice - in small amounts - until you get the consistency you want for drizzling. Drizzle glaze over each cookie then allow the glaze to set before serving. These keep best in the refrigerator in an airtight container