Cranberry Shortbread

Name: Cranberry Shortbread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters sifted confectioners sugar; 118 milliliters finely chopped dried cranberries or cherries; 473 milliliters sifted all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Cranberry Shortbread is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 18. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 171 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. 61 person have tried and liked this recipe. A mixture of confectioners' sugar, vanillan extract, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Heat oven to 325°F with a rack in center.

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Oven

Combine room temperature butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, flour, and salt in large mixing bowl. Beat with wooden spoon until combined but not too creamy. Stir in dried cranberries.

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Dried Cranberries

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Wooden Spoon

Mixing Bowl

Pat dough into an 8-inc square baking pan to shape the dough into a large square, then to turn it out onto a cutting board. Make parallel cuts to form long 1-inch wide strips, then cut each of those strips in half crosswise to produce sixteen to eighteen cookies approximately 1- by 4-inches.

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Dough

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Cutting Board

Baking Pan

Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake until just beginning to turn golden on the bottoms, about 20 minutes.

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Oven

Place pan on cooling rack until cool enough to touch, about 20 minutes.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

While cookies are baking cut chocolate into small pieces (1/4 inch or smaller). Fill small sauce pan with 1" of water and heat till simmering (not boiling).

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Chocolate

Sauce

Water

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Sauce Pan

Place chocolate pieces in small stainless steal bowl and place bowl on top of sauce pan with simmering water. Be patient :) and wait till chocolate appears to be just barely melting (looks sticky on edges). Using rubber spatula, gently stir chocolate until it appears melted with bits still in it.

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Chocolate

Sauce

Water

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Sauce Pan

Spatula

Bowl

Remove bowl from the pan and place it on a paper towel to absorb any water/condensation on bottom of bowl so no water makes its way into chocolate. Continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted. It should appear glossy, not grainy.

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Chocolate

Water

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Paper Towels