Cookie-baking season just isn't complete without a batch of these Cranberry-Orange Cookies! Made with Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough, cream cheese, dried cranberries and fresh oranges, every bite is sweet, tart and citrusy—the perfect way to brighten up a winter day.
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Soft Cranberry-Orange Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 26
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 2 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 to 5 teaspoons fresh orange juice
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
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Step2In small bowl, mix granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon of the orange zest until well blended. Set aside.
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Step3In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in cream cheese, flour, cranberries and remaining 2 teaspoons orange zest until well mixed. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Shape dough into 26 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Using bottom of floured metal measuring cup, flatten balls into 2 1/2-inch rounds.
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Step4Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step5In medium bowl, stir powdered sugar and 3 teaspoons of the orange juice. Continue adding orange juice, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until smooth and thin enough to drizzle; drizzle onto cookies. Immediately sprinkle each cookie with orange-sugar mixture. Store in covered container in refrigerator up to 1 week.
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Nutrition
120 Calories
4g Total Fat
1g Protein
21g Total Carbohydrate
14g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 120
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 8%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 65mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 14g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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