Cranberry Ginger Drop Cookies

Submitted by dicentra

"Perfect for fall."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 3 1/2 dozen

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
• 1⁄4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

• GLAZE

• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk

directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F Lightly grease cookie sheets.
2. Combine sugar, brown sugar and butter in large mixer bowl; beat on medium speed until well mixed. Add milk and egg; beat until smooth.
3. Add flour, baking powder, ground ginger and baking soda; beat on low speed until well mixed. Gently stir in cranberries, pecans and crystallized ginger.
4. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
5. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool on wire rack.
6. Combine powdered sugar and enough milk for desired glaze consistency in small bowl; mix well. Spread glaze on cooled cookies.

Reviews

[Michelle S.]

These cookies are wonderful! A little too sweet for me, but my husband is absolutely crazy about them. I did end up adding about 1/3 c more flour as my batter was way too moist. I baked them the 12 minutes. I used just over 1 c. powdered sugar for the glaze and still had a good bit leftover after dipping the tops of the cookies into it. I also added asome natural orange extract to the glaze to kick it up some and to play off the cranberry flavor from the cookie. I also got 45 cookies from the recipe.

 

[limeleaf]

Really, really good. I changed the recipe a bit, adding more powdered ginger and using mango instead of some of the cranberries. These are for people who want a soft cookie centre with crispy outer edges. Next time I will increase the crystallized ginger a bit because I love ginger. Also I froze some of the dough in cookie form and baked them later. Excellent.

 

[bad kitty 1116]

These are absolutely awesome! The combination of flavors is great and everything compliments each other well. These are very pretty cookies- I drizzled the glaze over the cookies instead of spreading it. No variations-it came out perfect as is and is an easy dough to work with!

 

[ange du soleil]

These sound so good I want to write them into my cookbook before even trying them.. as I can't get any cranberries here, will have to wait.. looking forward to this recipe!

 

[Wish I Could Cook]

WOW! WOW! WOW! These are the fantastic-est!! I just took these out the oven and I don't think there's going to be enough left to glaze... Really good combination of the cranberries and ginger. Will be part of my holiday tray this year! I even veganized the recipe based on what I had on hand: soymilk, margarine and ener-g egg replacer. Soooo good, it's hard to type this review when my hands keep moving towards the cooling racks....