I love the tangy taste of cranberries! These Cranberry Orange Cookies are a nice seasonal treat, and a deliciously different ways to use cranberries.
A friend of mine gave me this recipe last year, and I couldn’t wait to try it. Unfortunately I couldn’t find cranberries at the grocery store until the beginning of November, so I had to wait a while! The recipe uses orange juice concentrate to add a hint of citrus to the cookies, which really brings out the flavor of the cranberries.
Dole Individual Quick Frozen Cranberry, 5 Pound — 2 per case.
Kirkland Signature Pecan Halves, 2 Pounds
These cookies are very tasty, and the pecans add a nice crunchiness to them.
Cranberry Orange Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 Tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cup cranberries
- 1/2 cup pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- Finely chop the cranberries in a food processor or by hand. Chop the pecans.1 1/2 cup cranberries, 1/2 cup pecans
- In a mixer combine the butter, white sugar and brown sugar and mix. Mix until creamy.1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/3 cup brown sugar
- Add in the egg and orange juice concentrate and blend well.1 egg, 3 Tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.1 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Add the dry ingredients to the mixer all at once, and combine until just blended.
- Fold in the chopped cranberries and pecans.
- Drop the cookies by spoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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Nutrition Information
Nutrition facts are estimates.
AirBake Natural 2 Pack Cookie Sheet Set, 14 x 12in and 16 x 14in
Wilton Cookie SpatulaWilton 2105-459 Excelle Elite 3-Tier Cooling Rack, 15 7/8
This recipe is perfect for cookie exchanges this holiday season!
Cookies Make the Perfect Gift
I love to share homemade cookies with my friends and family! Food is a great way to bring people together during the holiday season, either in person or from a distance.
Why not bake some cookies this year and put together a cookie gift box for your friends? Here are some cookie recipe ideas for gift giving!
I’ve never used orange concentrate in cookies. Interesting!!
These look absolutely delicious! I found you on the Happiness is Homemade Party
Thanks
Angie
I actually don’t really care for cranberries but I’ve never tried them in a cookie so who knows, I may just fall in love! I do like the added citrus ingredient. That tends to bring out flavors so much more and make them “burst”!
Aren’t those two flavors the BEST together? These look sooooo delicious!
Cranberries and oranges are both favorites of mine but I never thought of putting them together in a cookie. Fabulous idea and they look delicious. Will try this!
Love cranberries – that looks like a fantastic recipe! I would have never thought of adding them into cookies – yum!
I do love cranberries, and am always looking for ways to use them in recipes. These look perfect for a holiday cookie exchange!
What an interesting combo of flavors. They look great.
I have just thought about making cranberry orange scones tomorrow. There is something that makes those two flavors compliment it each other.
Ooo yummy combo! I bet Lola would love these!
Cranberry and Orange go together PERFECTLY! They’re one of my most favorite flavor combos.
I’ve never heard of these before but the flavors sound amazing!
Oh I have to add these to my list of cookies to make this year. I have had this combination in scones and in bread before but never in cookies!
These look so good. I imagine the combination of flavors is amazing.
Saw these cookies on a recipe link-up this morning and just had to say hi – they look sooooo yummy!
I am intrigued with the orange juice and cranberry combination, and I love that you use fresh as opposed to dry cranberries. The cookies look fabulous. Pinning them for later. Found you on Tasty Tuesdays.
I can’t wait to try these. I know what you mean about finding the cranberries in the stores – I kept looking back in Oct. and couldn’t find any either. Finally Aldi started having them a couple of weeks ago – beginning of Nov. and they are a really good price there, too. I have been stocking up as I also use them in my juicer. Thanks for the cookie recipe – going to try it out soon.
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These cookies look absolutely delicious, especially for the holidays! I love the orange and cranberries in cookie form. Thanks for sharing! Found you on Inspire Me! 🙂 Pinned!
G’day Looks great! Wish I could try one now! All blog comments appreciated and sharing is caring today!
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