Easy and Yummy Cranberry Crunch

This is an easy recipe that kids will like to help with around the holidays. Its kind of like playing with play-doh when you have to crumble the cookie dough.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 2  teaspoons unsalted butter
• 3  cups cranberries, fresh
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice
• 0.333 (18 1/8ounce) package  refrigerated  oatmeal raisin cookie dough
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Use butter to generously grease a shallow 2 qt baking dish or deep 9' pie plate.
3. Place cranberries, sugar, and orange juice in prepared dish and stir well.
4. Place cookie dough and nuts in a small bowl.
5. Use hands to coarsely crumble dough and mix in nuts.
6. Crumble mixture over cranberries.
7. Bake until cranberries have popped and are bubbling and cookie dough is browned and crunchy, 30-40 minutes.
8. Serve warm, with vanilla ice cream.
9. NOTE: If you want to use frozen cranberries, you need to partially thaw them before using them.