Orange Frosted Cranberry Cookies Food

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.

FROSTED CRANBERRY ORANGE DROPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine all cookie ingredients except cranberries in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth. Stir in cranberries.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, 1 inch apart, onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake 7-9 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely.
• Combine powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon butter in bowl. Beat at low speed until well mixed. Beat in enough orange juice for desired spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies..

ORANGE FROSTED CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Spray several cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• FOR COOKIES:
• In large mixing bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, unsalted butter, orange zest, orange juice, and egg with an electric mixer on medium speed (or mix with a spoon).
• Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
• Stir in cranberries and nuts.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges and bottoms of cookies are light golden brown.
• Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• FOR FROSTING:.
• In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, orange zest and orange juice together until smooth and spreadable.
• Frost cookies and enjoy!

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.

ORANGE-FROSTED CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, 1 teaspoon orange peel, 2 tablespoons orange juice and the egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in cranberries and nuts. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges and bottoms of cookies are light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Frost cookies.

CHEWY CRANBERRY-OATMEAL COOKIES WITH ORANGE ICING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with Reynolds Parchment Paper; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and orange peel with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients.
• On lined cookie sheet, place cookies 2 inches apart.
• Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, vanilla and enough orange juice until thin enough to drizzle. Spoon into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle icing over cookies.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and eggs until well blended. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until well blended. Stir in oats, cranberries and chopped candies.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In small bowl, mix glaze ingredients, adding enough orange juice until glaze is smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle glaze over cookies.

CRANBERRY ORANGE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, orange juice concentrate and orange zest. In another bowl, whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in cranberries., Shape level tablespoons of dough into balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Coat bottom of a glass with cooking spray, then dip in flour. Press cookies with bottom of glass to flatten, redipping in flour as needed. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat butter, orange juice concentrate, orange zest and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread filling on bottoms of half of the cookies; cover with remaining cookies., Freeze option: Freeze shaped balls of dough on baking sheets until firm. Transfer to resealable plastic freezer bags; return to freezer. Prepare, bake and fill cookies as directed.

FROSTED CRANBERRY DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add milk, egg and orange juice; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in cranberries and nuts. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Cool on wire racks., For frosting, heat the butter in a saucepan over low heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes; transfer to a small bowl. Add sugar and vanilla. Beat in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until frosting reaches desired consistency. Frost the cookies.

CRAN-ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, orange juice and zest. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in cranberries and walnuts., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool., Combine icing ingredients; spread over cooled cookies.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for bars together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir in eggs, orange extract, and vanilla extract until well blended. Add flour, baking powder, and ginger; mix until well incorporated and the batter looks like soft cookie dough. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips until well mixed. Spread the stiff batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Don't overbake, or your bars will be dry. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix cream cheese and butter for frosting together until light and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and orange extract; beat mixture until fluffy and spreadable. Spread evenly over the cooled bars.
• Combine cranberries and orange zest for topping in a food processor and roughly chop. Sprinkle evenly over the frosted bars.
• Mix white chocolate chips and oil together in a glass, microwave-safe measuring cup. Microwave until fluid enough to drizzle, 1 minute to 1 minute 15 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds until melted. Use a fork or whisk to drizzle the melted chocolate diagonally across the bars.
• Allow chocolate to set for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares or triangles.

ORANGE CRANBERRY COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat brown sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in baking chips, cranberries, pecans and orange zest., Spread into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 18-22 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., For frosting, in a large bowl, combine cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, butter, 1 tablespoon zest and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread over bars. Combine dried cranberries and remaining 2 tablespoons zest; sprinkle over frosting. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Cut into triangles. Store in the refrigerator.

VEGAN ORANGE CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Beat sugar, margarine, orange zest, vanilla extract, salt, and baking powder together in a large bowl until blended. Stir in flour, applesauce, and cranberries until dough is well combined.
• Drop dough onto baking sheets by tablespoons, 2 inches apart; flatten slightly.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 6 to 7 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 15 minutes.

FROSTED CRANBERRY DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars.
• Add milk, egg, and orange juice; mix well.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and soda; add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Stir in cranberries and nuts with spoon.
• Drop onto cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes.
• Cool.
• For frosting, heat the butter in a saucepan over low heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Cool for 2 minutes, transfer to a small mixing bowl.
• Add sugar and vanilla.
• Beat in water one tablespoon at a time until you get a frosting density that can easily go onto cookies.
• Frost the drop cookies.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and ginger in a small bowl.
• Cream together butter and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla extract until thoroughly incorporated. Add in 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Mix in remaining flour mixture until just combined. Stir in cranberries.
• Form dough into a 9x2 1/2-inch rectangular log. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Remove dough from the refrigerator and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices. Place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets and sprinkle the top of each cookie with a little additional white sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies just begin to brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Allow cookies to cool 5 minutes on baking sheets before removing to a wire rack 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.

ICED ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice and zest. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. , Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cooled cookies.