Cranberry Orange Cookies
Sugar Mixture:
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange peel
Cookie:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange peel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all sugar mixture ingredients in small bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, butter and egg. Beat until creamy. Reduce speed and add flour, baking powder and baking soda. Beat until well mixed. Add cranberries and 1 tbsp orange peel and beat until combined. Shape cookies into one inch balls and roll in sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 7-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. (it took 9 minutes in my oven) Do not over bake. Cool 1 minute and then remove from cookie sheet.
Note: I dusted some of the extra orange sugar mixture on top of the "just baked" cookies while they were cooling. YUM!!!