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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Cranberry-coconut Chews

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

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

Recipe

  • 1 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.
  • 2 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.
  • 3 shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12" x 15" baking sheets.
  • 4 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.
  • 5 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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