Saturday, January 7, 2012

Cranberry Orange Cookies

From Land of Lakes

Cut and pasted for you below:


Orange Sugar

1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest

Cookie

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries, chopped
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F. Combine all orange sugar ingredients in small bowl; stir until well mixed. Set aside.

Combine 1 cup sugar, butter and egg in large bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour, baking powder and baking soda. Beat until well mixed. Add all remaining ingredients. Continue beating just until mixed.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll balls in orange sugar. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten with bottom of glass to 1 1/2-inch circles.

Bake for 7 to 11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. (DO NOT OVERBAKE.) Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
These were AWESOME!!!  So so so good!!!  I did not have macadamia nuts and so I substituted peanuts.  I brought these out at Christmas time and more a few people tell me how good they were.  These will definitely be made again and again and again!!



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