Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies, the perfect Christmas baking treats to make with your kids. These flavourful shortbread cookies are buttery and soft, nearly melting in your mouth, and the addition of dried cranberries and orange gives them a lovely festive touch. So easy to make, with a few simple ingredients, these shortbread cookies are the best you can find. Great as edible gifts for Christmas too.
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 205kcal
Ingredients
- 225 g plain flour
- 75 g caster sugar
- 150 g butter
- 2 oranges - zest and juice
- 50 g dried cranberries
Instructions
- In a large bowl, sift the flour and add the butter, and rub it in until the flour resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the sugar, cranberries, orange zest and juice and knead gently until the mixture forms a dough.
- Work the dough into a large sausage shape.
- Transfer to the fridge for at least one hour.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the roll into ½ cm thick slices and spread them on a baking tray.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit) or until the cookies are firm to touch, but careful not to bake them for too long, otherwise the colour will turn into golden brown, and we want a light golden colour.
- The cookies will still be soft when out of the oven, but will harden once cooled.
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Notes
- Click on the US Customary link to see the measurements displayed in cups and ounces.
- The servings can be adjusted by clicking the number next to Servings.
- There are a few tricks if you want to get perfect shortbread cookies every single time.
- use chilled salted butter
- refrigerate the dough for at least one hour before baking
- pre-heat the oven before popping the cookies in
- Most dessert recipes call for soften butter, and ingredients at room temperature. Shortbread cookies are the exception from the rule. We want the butter cold straight from the fridge, so that when it's rubbed with the flour it crumbles nicely.
- Salted butter works better, it gives the cookies a good taste and texture, where the unsalted butter tends to taste pretty bland in this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 90mg | Potassium: 64mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 362IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg