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Chewy Cranberry Orange Cookies

Chewy Cranberry Orange Cookies

Delicious and addictive cranberry orange cookies everyone will love.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Cookies, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 12 cookies
Calories 358 kcal

Equipment

  • oven
  • cookie sheet
  • Mixing bowl

Ingredients
  

Base Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tbs grated orange zest
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoon corn starch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 ½ cups dried cranberries i.e. Craisins

Instructions
 

Baking Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment.
  • Beat cream cheese, butter, and sugars until smooth and creamy. Add the vanilla and orange zest, beat to combine.
  • Mix the flour, salt, soda, and corn starch and add to the cream cheese mixture, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
  • Fold in the dried cranberries.
  • Drop by heaping tablespoonful onto prepared sheets, spacing about 1-in/2.5cm apart.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges just begin to become golden brown. Leave on the sheets for about a minute, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Notes

For UK readers--light brown sugar is light muscovado sugar in UK.

Nutrition

Serving: 2cookiesCalories: 358kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 334mgPotassium: 70mgFiber: 2gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 496IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
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