Recipe: Perfect Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

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Cranberry Shortbread Cookies. Cookies can be made into balls or flattened. Remove from sheets; cool slightly and dust with additional powdered sugar. Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies combine two of my favorite holiday flavors in one easy to make cookie that will wow friends and family this year! A delightfully easy cookie recipe that yields sensational results! I'm sharing three secrets to the perfect shortbread cookies that no one can resist!

Cranberry Shortbread Cookies 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. Photography, Recipe Development, and Food Styling by Fanny Lam/feedfeed. You can have Cranberry Shortbread Cookies using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

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

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. This easy shortbread cookie recipe is perfect for fall entertaining. Make up the dough ahead of time and bake right before your guests arrive.

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..

And if you have extra cranberries, use them in my homemade cranberry scrub or make Cranberry Wreath DIY Place Cards! Stir together flour, sugar & salt, then cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in cranberries, then form into a ball & knead until smooth. Cranberry Walnut Shortbread Cookies are a favourite at my house over the holidays. Don't you love cookies over the holidays?