Cranberry-Coconut Chews
- Ready In:
- 37mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
6 dozen cookies
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, at room temperature (tested using Challenge Butter)
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 3 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups dried cranberries
- 1 1⁄2 cups sweetened flaked dried coconut
directions
- In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1½ cups butter, sugar, orange peel, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in egg, until well blended.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture, stir to mix, then beat on low speed until dough comes together, about 5 minutes (see notes). Mix in cranberries and coconut.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12" x 15" baking sheets.
- Bake in a 350°F regular or convection oven until cookie edges just begin to brown, 11 to 15 minutes (shorter baking time will yield a chewier cookie; longer baking time will yield a crispier cookie). If baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking. Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.
- NOTES: The mixture may look dry until it comes together as a dough. If its too crumbly to form into balls, the dough need to be mixed longer; it should be a smooth homogeneous mass.
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