How To Make Chocolate Dipped Cranberry Cookies
Sweet cranberry-flavored cookies are made even sweeter with a touch of chocolate. Enjoy these sweet treats anytime as you please.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2 ⅓cupsall-purpose flour
- ¾tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- ½tspcream of tartar
- 1 ¼cupsgranulated sugar
- 1cupunsalted buttersoftened but still slightly firm
- 1tsporange zest
- 1largeegg
- 1largeegg yolk
- Red food coloringoptional
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 1 ⅓cupscherry flavor dried cranberries,chopped into small bits
- 12oz.chopped semi-sweet chocolate
- ½cupchopped walnutsoptional
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper, set aside.
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In a medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar for 20 seconds, set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together sugar, butter and orange zest until well blended.
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Mix in egg the mix in egg yolk, coloring (approx. 12 to 15 drops) and vanilla extract.
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Add in flour mixture then mix until nearly combined then add in cranberries and mix until combined.
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Scoop dough out and shape into 2 Tbsp balls. Space 2-inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
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Flatten cookies slightly, bake one sheet at a time in preheated oven, 9 to 11 minutes (cookies should appear slightly under-baked).
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Let cool on pan several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Melt chocolate in a medium mixing bowl on 50% power in 20 second increments, stirring between intervals, until melted and smooth.
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Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
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Once cookies are cool dip half of each cookie in chocolate, gently shake and let excess chocolate run off, then transfer to parchment paper.
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Sprinkle with walnuts if desired.
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Transfer to refrigerator and let chill until chocolate sets, about 15 minutes. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition
- Calories: 2506.05kcal
- Fat: 90.54g
- Saturated Fat: 14.42g
- Trans Fat: 0.29g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 14.09g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 56.96g
- Carbohydrates: 421.51g
- Fiber: 18.91g
- Sugar: 288.95g
- Protein: 31.79g
- Cholesterol: 33.02mg
- Sodium: 1384.69mg
- Calcium: 156.18mg
- Potassium: 1250.85mg
- Iron: 10.52mg
- Vitamin A: 66.47µg
- Vitamin C: 1.87mg
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