Recipe: Delicious Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

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Cranberry Shortbread Cookies. If you're thinking to yourself, "Oh! Shortbread cookies….yeah, not a fan", then I'm going to blow your mind and tell you that the shortbread you've had in the past wasn't made right. True shortbread is buttery, melt-in-your mouth goodness that should be completely irresisitble. Cookies can be made into balls or flattened. Remove from sheets; cool slightly and dust with additional powdered sugar.

Cranberry Shortbread Cookies Photography, Recipe Development, and Food Styling by Fanny Lam/feedfeed. These simple, delicious, and buttery shortbread cookies from Fanny Lam (of Oh Sweet Day!) are your go-to edible gift during the holiday season. Dried cranberries yield the perfect balance to the creamy texture of the cookie base. You can cook Cranberry Shortbread Cookies using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

  1. Prepare 0,5 cup of dried cranberries.
  2. It's 0,5 cup of sugar.
  3. Prepare 2,5 cup of flour.
  4. Prepare 1 cup of cold butter.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of aroma (eg. almond).
  6. You need 2 tbsp of fresh orange juice.

Mix on medium speed until well blended. In a food processor, pulse sugar and rosemary until very finely chopped. Transfer to the bowl of an electric mixer. Stir together flour, sugar & salt, then cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.

Cranberry Shortbread Cookies instructions

  1. Cut the cranberries into smaller pieces, you can use a food processor to do that..
  2. Combine flour and sugar in a bowl, add cranberries, aroma, orange juice and butter..
  3. Knead the dough, shape it into a log, wrap into a plastic foil, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours..
  4. Cut slices of the cookie dough, coat them with sugar and place on a baking sheet..
  5. Bake for 12-15 minutes in 325F/165C..
  6. Let the cookies cool on baking sheet..

Stir in cranberries, then form into a ball & knead until smooth. This is the best time of year to make fresh cranberry shortbread cookies. You may be able to find frozen cranberries any time of year, but why not buy a couple of extra bags now, and toss them into the freezer, while they are still in season. This Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies recipe is perfect for the holidays! My Mom Susie (her blog is Simply Sated) makes all kinds of amazing holiday baked goods.