Fresh Cranberry Cookies

akgrown's Note:

These are a holiday favorite at our house. Moist cake-like cookies with lots finely chopped fresh cranberries. The Lemon Glaze is a must and really compliments these cookies.

• Total Time: 28 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 48

Yield: 4.0 dozen

Cookies

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons fresh orange zest
• 3 cups oats
• 2 cups fresh or fozen and thawed cranberries

Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 lemon, juice of

Directions:

1. In a food processor or blender pulse cranberries until medium-fine. Set aside.
2. Cream sugar and butter.
3. Add all the rest of the ingredients except cranberries; mix well.
4. Gently mix in cranberries.
5. Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake at 375* for 8 to 10 minutes or until rim of cookie is lightly browned. Don't overbake or they will be dry and hard. :-).
7. Brush on the glaze while still warm.
8. *GLAZE*.
9. Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice till smooth. Should be very thin like gravy. Add more or less sugar for right consistency.

Reviews

[GaylaJ]

These cookies are delicious and are a "must try" for cranberry lovers. They are moist and full of wonderful flavors, and the glaze really adds that extra touch. Just remember to glaze the cookies while they are still warm, as the recipe directs; I forgot to glaze the first pan right away and found out that they glaze much more nicely if you remember to brush it on while they are still warm. I glazed the rest of the cookies as soon as I transferred them from the baking pans to cooling racks. I made per recipe and don't think anything at all needs to be added or changed, but next time I think I'll add some chopped walnuts--I just think they'd be a great addition here. Everyone who tasted these cookies loved them. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!

[Futtimanette]

Great recipe! There are two ways to think of these cookies: As festive holiday cookies, or as healthy year-round oatmeal cookies. Ingredient proportions are correct, lemon glaze adds "zing." Highly recommended.

[Shannonlizz]

I LOVE THEESE COOKIES! I made them exactly as written for Christmas cookies. Everybody loved them. I took them to both family's & to a cookie exchange party. I just joined weight watchers & wanted to make these cookies sooo bad. I looked around to try & find some substitutions to make it a little "healthier". Originally I was going to try & replace the sugar with splenda, then realized it is just brown sugar. So instead I replaced the butter with Greek yogurt. The batter is really thin when you get it all together. If you let it sit for about 10 min it thickens up a bit. I was really worried but it turned out really great! The only thing I would do differently next time would be to add a little salt. Weight wat hers points went from 4 pts each to 2 pts each.