Cornmeal Cranberry Cookies Recipes

CRANBERRY CORNMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed until creamy.
• Add eggs, corn syrup and vanilla, beating until well mixed.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating on low until well mixed.
• Fold in cranberries.
• Shape rounded teaspoons into balls and roll in sugar.
• Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets, flattening slightly.
• Bake 9 to 13 minutes until edges are lightly browned.

CRANBERRY CORNMEAL LINZER COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat 3/4 cup butter and and white sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat egg into butter mixture.
• Whisk flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture; stir. Beat vanilla into butter mixture. Form dough into a ball, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Roll dough out onto a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thick. Cut dough with a round or Linzer cookie cutter. Use a smaller cutter to cut the center from the tops. Place cookie bottoms and tops 1-inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.
• Stir cranberries, brown sugar, and water together in a saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes. Stir butter and lemon juice into cranberry mixture; remove from heat and cool.
• Spread a small amount of the cranberry mixture onto one side of the bottom half of a cookie. Place the top half of the cookie on top of the cranberry mixture. Repeat assembly process with remaining cookies and cranberry filling.

CORNMEAL CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture and vanilla and stir until combined well. Stir in cranberries.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets and bake cookies in batches in middle of oven 16 to 18 minutes, or until golden. Transfer cookies with a spatula to racks to cool. Cookies keep in airtight containers 5 days.