Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies

Yield: 6 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons grated orange peel (zest)
• 1 (6 ounce) package Craisins® Dried Cranberries, chopped*

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Mix in the flour, a little at a time, until combined.
4. Stir in the grated orange peel.
5. Stir in sweetened dried cranberries.
6. Cookies can be made into balls or flattened.

To make round cookies

1. Form dough into 1 inch balls. Place 1 dozen at a time on ungreased cookie sheets.
2. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes.
3. Remove from sheets; cool slightly and dust with additional powdered sugar.

To make flat cookies

1. Form dough into 1 inch balls as directed above. Using the bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar, flatten balls on cookie sheet, making rounds 2 inches in diameter.
2. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
3. Cool.

Attribution

Photo credit: 156098284@N07/52084579971Eat with Your Eyez / CC BY