Cranberry Orange Cookies
Crisp and chewy Cranberry Orange Cookies are a must make holiday cookie. Made with sweetened dried cranberries and orange zest for a wonderful flavour. This is a chilled dough that's rolled into balls and baked. Great for holiday cookie platters and gift giving.
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 123kcal
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 2 Cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 Teaspoon salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 3/4 Cups unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups granulated white sugar.
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries roughly chopped
For the sugar coating
- 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, orange zest. salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat the butter on high speed for about a minute. Add all the sugar at once and mix until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla and mix until combined, about 30 seconds.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Fold in the cranberries. Cover the cookie dough and refrigerate until firm, about one hour.
- Make the sugar coating by combining the sugar with the orange zest. Use your fingers to infuse the zest into the sugar.
- Remove the dough from the fridge. Using a teaspoon, scoop out small amounts of the dough and form into balls. Roll the balls in the sugar coating. Place on the lined baking tray 2 inches apart. You will need to bake these in batches.
- Bake for about 10 - 12 minutes. Cookies should be slightly crisp at the edges and quite soft in the middle when removed from the oven. They will set as they cool on a wire rack. Will keep up to 3-4 days in an airtight container. Can be frozen.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Notes
- Use room temperature butter and eggs – this allows the fat to be incorporated into the batter to make for even baking and the perfect cookie texture.
- Chill dough for a full hour – It’s important for this dough to be cold so the cookies don’t spread out too much when baking. Warm cookie dough will result in the cookies spreading too big and losing their shape.
- Watch baking time – baking time varies from oven to oven. Be sure to check the cookies at 10 minutes. They will be slightly crisp at the edges but still soft through the middle. They should appear to be slightly under baked when you take them out of the oven. They will set as they cool.
- To achieve a perfect round cookie - As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, gently place a glass over the cookie and do gentle circular motions. Leave on the baking tray to set for 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
Cranberry Orange Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 123
Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 18mg6%
Sodium 60mg3%
Potassium 15mg0%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 0.4g2%
Sugar 13g14%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 152IU3%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 5mg1%
Iron 0.4mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.