Chewy Cranberry Orange Cookies Recipes

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.

CHEWY CRANBERRY ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven. To 350F/180C. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment
• Beat cream cheese, butter and sugars until smooth and creamy. Add the vanilla and orange zest, beat to combine.
• Mix the flour, salt, soda and corn starch and add to the cream cheese mixture, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Fold in the dried cranberries.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonful onto prepared sheets, spacing about 1-in/2.5cm apart.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges just begin to become golden brown. Leave on the sheets for about a minute, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Makes about 18-24 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.

CHEWY OATMEAL-CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, apple pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in the eggs one at a time, then beat in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture and beat until just incorporated. Stir in the oats and cranberries with a wooden spoon. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Form the dough into 2-inch balls and arrange 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets; press with a spatula to flatten. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are golden but the centers are still soft, 15 to 20 minutes. Slide the cookies from the parchment onto racks to cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar and milk in a medium bowl. Drizzle on the cookies; let set 5 minutes.

CRANBERRY ORANGE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla, orange zest and orange extract. Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into the butter mixture. Stir in the oats and cranberries. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Chop up the cranberries in small pieces and place in a bowl. If you don't want to sweeten them, you can add them to the batter just like that. If you want to sweeten them a bit, add the orange juice and 2-4 Tbsp sugar to the chopped cranberries and mix. Set them aside while preparing the cookie dough.
• Cream together sugar and butter for 2-3 minutes. Add the pudding mix and beat the mixture for 1 more minute.
• Add the egg, vanilla and orange extract and mix for 2 more minutes. Add the sour cream and mix just until combined.
• In a separate bowl, add the salt and baking soda to the flour and mix to combine. Add the dry mixture to the butter mixture and mix until smooth.
• Stir in the cranberries and orange zest with a wooden spoon.
• Use a cookie scoop to scoop out tablespoonfuls of the dough and place them about 2 inches apart on a prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the pan for about 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.