Cranberry Filled Cookies

Here is a very good filled cookies for all you cranberry lovers! I really love this little berry. It makes Holidays extra nice and it can also make your cookies extra yummy too. This recipe comes from my favorite cook book on Cranberries called "Wisconsin Cranberry Growers FAvorite Recipes". Recipe is from Sylvia Delong, A special Thanks to Sylvia for a wonderful recipe! The amount of cookies will depend on how big you make your cut outs. Enjoy!

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 15-18

Ingredients

• Filling

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons flour
• 1  cup dried cranberries
• 1  teaspoon  orange rind
• 1  cup boiling water

• Cookie

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 3  cups flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder

Directions

1. Filling:
2. Mix cranberries, sugar, flour, salt, orange rind and boiling water. Boil for 3 minutes, allow to cool completely.
3. Cookie:
4. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. mix. Now add the Milk and vanilla. Mix well. in another bowl, add flour, salt, and baking powder, sift together well. Add to butter mixture and mix well. On floured surface, roll cookie dough out thin. Cut into desire shapes. Place 1 teaspoon of filling into the center of one cookie, top with another cookie, moisten edges of cookies and seal with fork.
5. Bake 350 degrees until cookies are brown about 10 to 15 minutes.
6. OPTIONAL, drizzle a powdered sugar glaze on top of cookie.