Cm's Cranberry Lemon Iced Drops

s'kat's Note:

These are my new favourite cookie, courtesy Cookimonster from CT. These are jaw-droppingly good.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 cookies

• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup sugar
• 1⁄3; cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups pecans
• 1 ½ cups chopped fresh cranberries
• lemon frosting
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ¼ teaspoon grated lemon zest

Directions:

1. Combine flour, baking powder and cinnamon; set aside.
2. Cream butter, sugars and zest until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in egg and vanilla.
4. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
5. Stir in pecans and cranberries.
6. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
7. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes, until golden.
8. Cool 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.
9. Whisk together ingredients for lemon icing.
10. When cool, drizzle with lemon icing.

Reviews

[Greffete]

Wonderful cookies! I doubled the recipe to use up a whole 12oz bag of cranberries and used 1/2 unsalted butter and 1/2 Crisco baking stick (what I had on hand). The only other change I made was to use walnuts instead of pecans because that's what I had on hand. I coarsly chopped half of the cranberries and finely chopped the rest along with the nuts in my food processor. I left some of the cookies un-iced because they are awesome either way and my hubby loved them plain. Using a non-stick cookie sheet, I didn't need to grease the pan. Thanks for sharing this great recipe!

[Chef #766809]

WOW..these are amazing..much better than I could have imagined..and easy! Top of the list for these

[AngelicFantasia]

These are really great if you like tangy and sweet together. They are simple to make, too. I followed the recipe as written EXCEPT I added more lemon zest and I even added a little lemon juice to the icing. The cookies came out perfectly. Thanks!!