Coconut-Cranberry Chews

Name: Coconut-Cranberry Chews
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 340 grams About 1 1/2 cups butter or margarine, at room temperature; 355 milliliters dried cranberries; 769 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp grated orange peel; 0 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters sweetened flaked dried coconut; 2 teaspoons vanilla

Need a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre? Coconut-Cranberry Chews could be a super recipe to try. This recipe serves 72. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 92 calories. If you have vanilla, butter, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1 1/2 cups butter, sugar, orange peel, and vanilla until smooth.

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Orange Zest

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Add to butter mixture, stir to mix, then beat on low speed until dough comes together, about 5 minutes.

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Butter

Dough

Mix in cranberries and coconut.

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Cranberries

Coconut

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

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake in a 350 regular or convection oven until cookie edges just begin to brown, 8 to 11 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.

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