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Sweet and Simple Cranberry Cookies

April 23, 2019 by Laura 8 Comments

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You all know I’m not into anything fancy. The simpler the better when it comes to pretty much everything from food to clothes to schedules. So it probably doesn’t surprise you that I took my basic Sweet and Simple Butter Cookies recipe and added one tiny ingredient to make these Sweet and Simple Cranberry Cookies. Hmmm, I bet you can’t guess which ingredient I added. (Indeed, my ways are so mysterious.)

I’m not a big fan of raisins in my cookies. But adding dried cranberries to this simple butter cookie? Well, that takes them up a notch without adding any effort. Phew, no added effort? Well, that’s a relief. We cannot be expected to add effort to our cookie-baking endeavors. That takes all the fun out of eating a cookie.

Oh! But don’t you worry about me giving you permission to eat a cookie. These are low in sugar, with just a little extra added sugar when we toss in the dried cranberries. And check out how few ingredients these have? Just 5 simple items to grab to make these delights!

Sweet and Simple Cranberry CookiesYum

5.0 from 2 reviews
Sweet and Simple Cranberry Cookies
 
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Author: Laura
Serves: 15-18
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups melted butter
  • ½ cup sugar (raw, white, brown, or sucanat)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground soft white wheat)
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
Instructions
  1. Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl.
  2. Stir in vanilla extract.
  3. Mix in flour until well combined.
  4. Fold in dried cranberries.
  5. Scoop Tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto cookie sheets.
  6. Press the dough down with your fingers or a fork.
  7. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-12 minutes or until cookies are golden brown.
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Filed Under: Desserts, Low Sugar Treats, Recipes Tagged With: butter cookies, healthy treats, low sugar

Comments

  1. Charlotte Moore says

    April 24, 2019 at 5:28 pm

    WOW! No eggs??

    Reply
    • Laura says

      April 25, 2019 at 8:50 am

      Right? That makes these crisp and buttery!

      Reply
  2. Rhoda says

    April 24, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    This recipe is not low sugar with 1-1/2 C of sugar. I checked your butter cookie recipe which shows 1/3-1/2 C sugar. That makes more sense. Since you have shown us that less is more with the sugar I have reduced the amount of sugar in just about everything that I make now. And my family hasn’t noticed the difference. Thank you for continuing to show us easy, simple, eatable, good food.

    Reply
    • Laura says

      April 25, 2019 at 8:51 am

      WHOA!!! I am so glad you pointed that out! I have no idea what happened there as it was not supposed to say 1 1/2 cups!!! Eeek. I edited it, thanks to your catch!

      Reply
      • Heather says

        April 25, 2019 at 5:19 pm

        We made it before it was fixed and it was SWEET. I was wondering why they were considered low sugar too, but just went with it. We’ll definitely lower the sugar next time, but they were a total hit with the crowd we shared them with :)

        Reply
  3. Joy says

    December 16, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    For some reason, the dough was dry & crumbly & I had to wet my hands to form the cookies. But, they are very delicious! I definitely plan to make them again & try reducing the flour.

    Reply
    • Joy says

      December 17, 2020 at 1:00 pm

      Well, I figured out why the cookie dough was dry & crumbly! I used 1 1/2 sticks of butter, instead of 1 1/2 cups! So, it’s my fault! Oh well, they’re still delicious with a glass of milk!

      Reply
      • Bethany Lotulelei says

        December 18, 2020 at 12:49 pm

        Glad you figured it out, and that they still tasted good!

        -Bethany (Laura’s assistant)

        Reply

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