Cm's Cranberry Lemon Iced Drops

photo by Juliedont



- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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24-36 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups pecans
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped fresh cranberries
- lemon frosting
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1⁄4 teaspoon grated lemon zest
directions
- Combine flour, baking powder and cinnamon; set aside.
- Cream butter, sugars and zest until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture.
- Stir in pecans and cranberries.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
- Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes, until golden.
- Cool 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.
- Whisk together ingredients for lemon icing.
- When cool, drizzle with lemon icing.
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Reviews
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I really like this cookie - I did modify a bit and make it more about lemon and cranberry and took out the cinnamon and added zest of 1 whole lemon, 1/2 t of almond extract and juice of 1/2 a lemon and I love the zing. Chopped pecans or some pine nuts for crunch would also be a nice touch....This is one I will come back to again - so quick and tasty.
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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!
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Tweaks
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These are great! Really, more like 4.5 stars...I had to guess what temp to cook them at--I used 350 degrees. Also a few more modifications: I used chopped hazelnuts instead of pecans, subbed half of the sugar with Splenda, and dropped by tablespoons onto cookie sheet. These are zippy and good--even with out the icing (I snuck a few before I iced them). THANKS!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
skat5762
Hampton Roads, Virginia
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