Cranberry Orange Sugar Cookies
Orange zest makes the kitchen smell good before the first tray goes in. The cookies are tender with little tart cranberry bites.
A recipe from Eat Different: Safe Foods for Neurodivergent Minds, my cookbook in progress.
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The recipe · About 22 cookies
Cranberry Orange Sugar Cookies
From my cookbook in progress, Eat Different: Safe Foods for Neurodivergent Minds.
Cooking battery 3/3. More hands-on work.
- Hands-on
- 20 min
- Total
- 65 min
- Makes
- About 22 cookies
Times are estimates. Hands-on time is included in the total.
Tools: Mixing bowl, zester, baking sheet, rack
Texture and flavor: Orange zest makes the kitchen smell good before the first tray goes in. The cookies are tender with little tart cranberry bites.
Ingredients
- ½ cup softened unsalted butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1½ cups flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp fine salt
- ½ cup chopped dried cranberries
How to make it
- Rub orange zest into sugar. Beat with butter until fluffy, then beat in egg and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt, then fold in cranberries. Chill 30 minutes.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Scoop tablespoon-size portions onto parchment-lined sheets and flatten lightly. Bake 10–12 minutes, until edges just begin to turn gold. Cool 5 minutes before moving.
Make it work for you
Easier: Chop the cranberries with kitchen scissors.
Sensory swap: Chop cranberries small to distribute the chewy bits evenly.
Storage: Once cool, keep in an airtight container at room temperature.
Ingredients and allergens: Wheat, egg and milk.
At the counter
Rub the zest into the sugar before creaming the butter. It spreads the orange through the dough so you taste it in each cookie.
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