Texture

Dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, and a generous amount of orange zest make these chewy and crunchy Christmas holiday cookies simply irresistible.

Happy holidays y’all; hopefully, you haven’t yet gone too psycho-holiday-crazy trying to decide what to get all of your friends, neighbors, and co-workers for Christmas this holiday season without totally breaking the bank or winning the lotto. I know that many of you may be considering giving the gift of cookies this year, so I’m here this week, during #ChristmasCookiesWeek, to give you several helpful tips to help totally up your cookie exchange, swap, or platter game. After all, this is the perfect time of year to experiment when baking. Who doesn’t love a cookie or two while they’re waiting for Santa to fit his fat tuckus down the chimney?

Today’s tip is that when making several different types of cookies, you should try to include a variety of cookie textures. Not everyone likes soft pillowy cookies and not everyone likes hard crunchy cookies. In general, I find that people like variety. These Cranberry Orange Cookies are a perfect example of a cookie with loads and loads of texture. Between the crunchy oats, buttery crumbly cookie, chewy cranberries, white chocolate chips, and punch of orange flavor, this cookie could easily find a welcome home on any cookie tray.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cups Light Brown Sugar, Packed
12 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature
1 Whole Egg
1 Egg Yolk
Zest of 2 Oranges
1 Tablespoon Fresh Orange Juice
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
2 Cups Old Fashioned Oats
1 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 (11-oz.) Package White Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Dried Cranberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter together on medium speed for 3 minutes.
Add the whole egg and egg yolk; mix for 1 minute.
Add the orange zest, juice, and vanilla; mix for 1 minute.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, salt, and baking soda.
Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a silicone spatula, until just incorporated.
Fold the white chocolate chips and dried cranberries into the cookie dough and then use a cookie scoop to scoop out the cookie dough onto a Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool for 3 minutes before removing them to a baking rack to finish cooling completely.

Suggestions:

This recipe will yield approximately 3 to 4 dozen cookies.
These cookies will spread when baking, so don’t place more than 12 on a cookie sheet at one time.
Garnish the top of each cookie with a few extra dried cranberries or chocolate chips before baking.

Improvements:

Replace the white chocolate chips with semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips.
A very thin silicone cookie spatula will help you easily remove cookies from baking sheets without damaging them.
Using a Silpat non-stick silicone baking mat to bake these cookies is highly suggested.
Add sliced almonds to the cookie batter.
CLICK HERE to check out all of our past cookie recipes. Don’t forget to check out our Christmas cookies section.

Yum

Cranberry Orange Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cups Light Brown Sugar, Packed
12 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature
1 Whole Egg
1 Egg Yolk
Zest of 2 Oranges
1 Tablespoon Fresh Orange Juice
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
2 Cups Old Fashioned Oats
1 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 (11-oz.) Package White Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Dried Cranberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter together on medium speed for 3 minutes.
Add the whole egg and egg yolk; mix for 1 minute.
Add the orange zest, juice, and vanilla; mix for 1 minute.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, salt, and baking soda.
Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a silicone spatula, until just incorporated.
Fold the white chocolate chips and dried cranberries into the cookie dough and then use a cookie scoop to scoop out the cookie dough onto a Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool for 3 minutes before removing them to a baking rack to finish cooling completely.

Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by Yummly Rich Recipes

http://faithhopeloveandlucksurvivedespiteawhiskeredaccomplice.com/cranberry-orange-cookies-christmascookies/

PIN THIS RECIPE

Don’t let this recipe slip away. How often do you find a recipe intriguing, yet forget where to find it when you finally get the hankering to make it? Instead of digging through old posts or wandering aimlessly around on the internet, why not Pin this recipe to Pinterest where you can find it when you eventually need it? Simply Pin the image above and you’ll have it when that time comes. You can follow us HERE on Pinterest or simply click HERE to find all of our pin-worthy recipes.

Coconut Grinchy Christmas Breakfast Cookies

Old-Fashioned Jubilee Jumbles Cookies

Chocolate Fudge Brownie Oatmeal M&M Cookies

Christmas is a time for family, friends, and delicious holiday cookies. From classic butter cookies to iced gingerbread cookies, this list of ultimate Christmas cookie recipes has something for everyone. Whether you’re looking for festive colors, unique seasonal ingredients, or just a cookie that’s super easy to make, these Christmas cookie recipes will help you find the perfect cookie for the season. CLICK HERE for the recipes.

Click on the links below to check out other festive Christmas Cookies Week recipes.

Almond Joy No Bake Cookies by Jonesin’ For Taste
Chocolate Almond Biscotti by Kate’s Recipe Box
Cranberry Eggnog Biscotti by The Redhead Baker
Cranberry Orange Cookies by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
Cream Cheese Cookie Cups by Making the Most of Naptime
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies by Family Around the Table
Double Dipped Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Eggnog Cookies by The Freshman Cook
Foolproof Holiday Cookies by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies by Daily Dish Recipes
Gingered Lemon Drops by The Frugal Pantry
Lemon Pizzelle Della Sondra by Girl Abroad
Mint Chocolate Madeleines by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies by Soulfully Made
Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies by Making Miracles
Salted Caramel Oatmeal Cookies by Palatable Pastime
Toffee Pecan Shortbread Cookies by House of Nash Eats
White Chocolate Decorated Ginger Crinkles by Love and Confections