SPARKLING CRANBERRY GEMS (KING ARTHUR FLOUR WEBSITE)
Coarse white sugar gives these cookies their sparkle; their relatively healthy content makes them gems! With less than half a teaspoon of fat per cookie, lower sugar content, plus loads of antioxidants from the cranberries, these tangy-sweet, mildly chewy treats are much less guilt-inducing than most cookies. I haven't tried these yet but I'm hoping to soon. I'm posting it here for safekeeping. The recipe called for a tart and sour flavor that you can buy on their website but zaar didn't recognize it as an ingredient. If you have it you can mix 1/8 tsp with the sparkling sugar to make the coating.
Provided by Tinat51796
Categories Dessert
Time 26m
Yield 36 cookies, 36 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place the flour and dried cranberries in the bowl of a food processor. Process until the cranberries are coarsely shredded. Imagine a single dried cranberry cut into about 4 pieces: that's your goal.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
- Whisk together the flour/cranberry mixture, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the vanilla and butter, mixing until the butter is thoroughly distributed, but some pea-sized chunks still remain. Dribble in the milk while mixing; the dough will become cohesive.
- Place the coarse sugar and tart and sour flavor in a jar, and shake to combine thoroughly. Pour the sugar into a roomy plastic bag; about 1/2-gallon size should do.
- Using a teaspoon cookie scoop (or a spoon), scoop the dough by 1 3/4-teaspoonfuls (about 1 ¼" balls) into the bag, 6 or 8 at a time. Close the top of the bag, and gently shake to coat the balls with sugar. Place them on the prepared baking sheet, and use the bottom of a glass to flatten them to about ¼" thick (about 1 ½" in diameter). Repeat with the remaining dough.
- Bake the cookies for 16 to 17 minutes, until they're set and barely, BARELY beginning to brown around the very edge; the tops shouldn't be brown at all. Remove them from the oven, and cool right on the pan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 40.2, Fat 2, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 5.3, Sodium 27.4, Carbohydrate 5.3, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 2.5, Protein 0.5
SPARKLING CRANBERRY GEMS
How to make sparkling cranberry gems
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
- Whisk together the flour/cranberry mixture, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the vanilla and butter, mixing until the butter is thoroughly distributed, but some pea-sized chunks still remain. Dribble in the milk while mixing; the dough will become cohesive.
- Place the coarse sugar in a plastic bag; about 1-quart size should do.
- Using a teaspoon cookie scoop (or a spoon), scoop the dough by 1 3/4-teaspoonfuls (about 1 ¼" balls) into the bag, 6 or 8 at a time. Close the top of the bag, and gently shake to coat the balls with sugar. Place them on the prepared baking sheet, and use the bottom of a glass to flatten them to about ¼" thick (about 1 ½" in diameter). Repeat with the remaining dough.
- Bake the cookies for 16 to 17 minutes, until they're set and barely, BARELY beginning to brown around the very edge; the tops shouldn't be brown at all. Remove them from the oven, and cool right on the pan.
- Yield: about 3 dozen cookies.
- Coarse white sugar gives these cookies their sparkle; their relatively healthy content makes them gems! With less than half a teaspoon of fat per cookie, lower sugar content, plus loads of antioxidants from the cranberries, these tangy-sweet, mildly chewy treats are much less guilt-inducing than most cookies.
- Read our blog about these cookies, with additional photos, at Bakers' Banter.
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