Coconut-Cranberry Chews

Coconut-Cranberry Chews

Coconut-Cranberry Chews

Ingredients

  1. 1½ cups Challenge Butter, at room temperature (3/4 lb.)
  2. 2 cups sugar
  3. 1 Tablespoon grated orange peel
  4. 2 teaspoons vanilla
  5. 1 large egg
  6. 3¼ cups all-purpose flour
  7. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  8. ¼ teaspoon salt
  9. 1½ cups dried cranberries
  10. 1½ cups sweetened flaked dried coconut

Directions

  1. Step 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. Step 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. Note: 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.

  3. Step 3

    Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12" x 15" baking sheets.

  4. Step 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.

Source: Sunset Magazine Test Kitchens (for Challenge Dairy)

Nutritional Info: Total Calories: 92, Calories from Fat:41, Total Fat: 4.8g, Saturated Fat:2.8g, Cholesterol: 13mg, Sodium: 58mg, Total Carbohydrate: 12g, Dietary Fiber: 0.4g, Protein: 0.7g

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Katzpawz

Nov 29, 2011

Rating: 
5

These cookies are PERFECT! My friend and I make cookie trays to sell every Christmas Holiday season and these cookies are our number one request all the time. They totally eclipse those old standbys, Chocolate Chips. I even bragged about them (and ALL of the Challenge Dairy site) on my blog. The hardest part for me is to not eat them all before I put them on the trays! DELICIOUS!!! Can I PLEASE give them more than 5 stars?!?

Jenifer Wilde

Nov 30, 2011

Rating: 
5

LOVE LOVE LOVE these! And if you'd prefer..leave out the coconut! Awesome every time..Butter = love :-)

Wanda

Dec 9, 2011

Rating: 
5

These cookies are good! The dough is very very dense. It made my Kitchen aid work just to get all the ingredients mixed together. I like them a bit chewy. Making the 2nd batch tomorrow. They have been well received as gifts.

Suzanne

Dec 12, 2011

Rating: 
4

With all of the chocolate cookie recipes out there, this is a nice change of pace. I like the combination of butter, coconut, cranberries, and the hint of orange.