Description
Call upon the flavor of seasonal, fresh cranberries for these festive, tender Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies.
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Ingredients
- ½ cup dairy-free margarine or “butter”, softened
- ½ cup organic cane sugar
- 1 orange* (for zest, 1 tablespoon juice, see below)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purposed flour
- ½ cup old-fashioned oats, dry
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1 cup fresh cranberries, finely chopped
Instructions
- Place margarine (or “butter”) and sugar in bowl and mix with an electric mixer (or vigorously by hand) until smooth and creamy.
- Mix in *1 tablespoon orange juice and vanilla.
- Mix in the *zest of one orange, flour, oats, almonds, baking powder, and salt (optional) until smooth and creamy. Do not over mix.
- Finely chop cranberries in a food processor or by hand using a knife. Gently fold in the cranberries into the dough.
- Cover and place dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour until firm.
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Separate dough into 3 equal sections, and roll out by hand into 3 logs, about 1 ½-inches in diameter each.
- Slice into thin sections, about ¼- to 1/2-inch each, so that each log yields 10 slices.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes, until just barely golden.
- Store in airtight container.
Notes
*Use 1 fresh orange. Zest the entire surface of the orange using a fine grater or zester. Squeeze juice, using 1 tablespoon for this recipe. Reserve remaining juice for another recipe or use.
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 83
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 19 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
Keywords: cranberry, cookies, shortbread
