Name: Cranberry Spiral Cookies
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter or margarine; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 1/2 cup flour (measured unsifted, 8-ounce weight); 1/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 9 ounce (about 2.5 cups) cranberries (fresh or frozen); 1/2 teaspoon orange oil (or 1 tablespoon grated orange rind); 2/3 cup brown sugar

Cranberry Spiral Cookies

I can't get enough of these Cranberry Spiral Cookies. They are perfect to use for holiday cookie recipes, makes a great gift and are appealing to the eye.

Notes

These cookies soften in storage as moisture moves from the cranberry filling into the cookie part.

Cooking Time15 min

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour (measured unsifted, 8-ounce weight)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
9 ounces (about 2.5 cups) cranberries (fresh or frozen)
1/2 teaspoon orange oil (or 1 tablespoon grated orange rind)
2/3 cup brown sugar

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to creamed mixture.
Refrigerate dough for one to two hours. Grind fresh or frozen cranberries in a food processor.
Mix together ground cranberries, orange oil, and brown sugar.
If using frozen cranberries, be sure that the cranberries thaw completely before proceeding, or they may freeze the dough.
Roll out refrigerated dough on floured pastry board creating a large rectangle (10 inches by 14 inches).
Spread cranberry mixture over the dough, leaving a 1/4 inch border at one narrow end and a 1 or 2 inch border at the other end.
Beginning at a narrow end with the 1/4 inch border, roll in tight 10 inch long jelly roll. (This can be rather messy.) Freeze overnight, seam side down.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets or line them with parchment.
Cut frozen roll into 1/4 inch slices and place 2 inches apart.
If any big chunks of the cranberry mixture are on the outside of a cookie, they may burn during cooking; scrape the cookies clean either before or after slicing them.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes, then remove them to racks and let them cool upside down. Do not store them touching each other, or they may stick together.