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Festive Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies with Sparkling Orange Glaze

By Jen

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Some Christmas flavours are totally classic. Gingerbread and royal icing. Chocolate and mint. And, my favourite orange and cranberry. I’ve been baking with orange and cranberry for as long as I can remember. This recipe is part of our 12 days of Christmas cookies advent calendar – be sure to check it out.

In fact, I’ve been baking orange cranberry loaves for over 20 years! Yowza. This year I thought I would combine my favourite flavours with my daughter’s favourite cookie – shortbread.

I was a little afraid that a delicate shortbread wouldn’t be able to stand up to the addition of the cranberries, but they totally worked. These cookies are sweet, buttery and tart. Everything you love about shortbread, cranberries and orange.

A batch of these orange cranberry shortbread cookies would make a delightful teacher gift or the perfect treat served alongside a cup of hot tea after a long day of ice skating.

Festive Orange Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1/3 cup corn starch
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup dried cranberries, chopped finely
2 tbsp orange zest

for the orange glaze
1 cup icing sugar
2 tbsp fresh-squeezed orange juice (or clementines)

Begin by creaming together the butter and sugar, until fluffy. Then stir in the egg and vanilla.

shortbread cookie flour

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, corn starch and salt.

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients…add 1 cup at a time. Until the dough comes together and pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl. I love it when dough comes together like this.

shortbread dough in mixer

Finally, stir in the chopped cranberries and the orange zest.

shortbread dough with cranberry and orange

Roll out the dough, between two sheets of parchment paper or waxed paper. You want the dough to be 1/4 inch thick.

shortbread dough rolled between parchment paper

When the dough is rolled out, use a cookie cutter to cut out your cookies. We used a 2 1/2 inch heart.

cranberry orange shortbread cookies with cookie cutter

 

Place the cookies on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake in a 375°F oven for 10-13 minutes. The time will depend on the size of your cookies. They are done when the edges are slightly golden.

Remove from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool completely.

baked orange cranberry shortbread cookies

As the cookies cool, it’s time to make the glaze. Stir together the icing sugar and orange juice. Simply use the orange that you zested for the cookies. You want the glaze to be thick enough that it won’t run right off the cookies.

orange glaze for cookies

Use a fork to drizzle the glaze over the cookies. We used a piping bag with a narrow piping tip. While the glaze was still wet, sprinkle the glaze with decorative sugar. This makes the cookies extra festive.

orange cranberry shortbread cookies with tea

Enjoy.

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Festive Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Bake a batch of these easy, buttery, melt in your mouth cranberry orange shortbread cookies with a tart orange glaze.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, British, canadian, irish
Keyword: christmas cookies, shortbread cookies
Servings: 32 cookies
Calories: 142kcal
Author: Jen

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/3 cup corn starch
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup dried cranberries chopped finely
  • 2 tbsp orange zest

for the orange glaze

  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp fresh squeezed orange juice or clementines

Instructions

  • Begin by creaming together the butter and sugar, until fluffy with an electric mixer. Then stir in the egg and vanilla.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, corn starch and salt. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 1 cup batches. Mix until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
  • Once the dough comes together, stir in the cranberries and orange zest.
  • Roll out dough between two sheets of parchment paper or waxed paper. You want 1/4 inch thickness. 
  • Use a cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Place on parchment paper lined baking sheet. We used a 2 1/2 inch heart.
  • Bake in 375°F oven for 10-13 minutes – until the edges are golden brown. Set aside to cool on a rack.
  • Mix together the glaze. Stir together the icing sugar and orange juice. You want the glaze to be thick enough to not simply run right off the cookie.
  • When the cookies have cooled, use a fork or piping bag to drizzle glaze over the cookies. Sprinkle wet glaze with a decorative sugar.

Notes

Nutrition Info is to be used as a rough guide only. Nutrition Info is based on the products I am using and you may not be using the same products/brands. Thus, the Nutrition Info may vary.

Nutrition

Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 20.9g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3.7g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 78mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 10g | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 0.2mg
Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 20.9g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3.7g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 78mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 10g | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 0.2mg

Today’s recipe is part of the delicious Christmas Cookie Blog Hop being hosted by Jo-Anna from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs. 

12 christmas cookie recipes

More Delicious Christmas Cookie Recipes:

For more Christmas cookie recipes, make sure you check out the delicious recipes below!

German Iced Spice Christmas Cookies by Christina of The DIY Mommy

Slice and Bake Shortbread Cookies by Jo-Anna of A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Cathedral Window Cookies by Rita of Harbour Breeze Home

Holiday Crinkle Cookies by Lisa of Fabulous Habits

Maple Shortbread Snowflakes by Laura of one house 2 barns

Ritz Cracker Bark (aka Crookies) by Courtenay of Creek Line House

Gingerbread Cookies by Dannyelle of Life is a Party


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  1. Jen says

    December 4, 2018 at 11:13 am

    Looks delicious!

  2. Tan says

    December 4, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    Orange and cranberry are a christmas classic! I love this shortbread in a heart shaped cookie

  3. Jo-Anna says

    December 4, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    These looks so good Jen! Nothing more classic than shortbread, and the cranberry orange flavour is the perfect holiday addition! So yummy.

  4. Kim says

    December 4, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    I love shortbread and the addition of cranberry and orange. so Christmassy!

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