Cranberry Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies with a hint of orange zest. Perfect for the holidays!

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While nibbling any cookie, I always think to myself, “You know what would make this even better? …More butter and a touch of salt!”

In my mind, chocolate chip cookies would be better as crispy shortbread. Oatmeal cookies would taste better if they had more butter and less (meaning no) eggs.

Macaroons? Yep, they are in desperate need of butter.

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You can’t blame me for going a little overboard on the butter cookies this time of year. After all, I was programmed to desire them once the weather turns cold.

Come December 1st, I start checking the mailbox for those metal tins of shortbread rings with course sugar crystals on top. Surely someone will send me one.

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As I set off to bake the masses of Christmas cookies we will deliver to our friends over the next few weeks, I have one single agenda. Turn all cookies into shortbread.

You think I’m kidding?

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Today I’m sharing an old favorite shortbread recipe, Cranberry Chocolate Chip Shortbread.

It’s prepared in the traditional pan method. I’ve ramped up the flavor a bit by adding orange zest, mini chocolate chips, and cranberries.

Several years ago we had a shortbread-athon recipe testing day before the holidays, creating several new combinations, and our Cranberry Chocolate Chip Shortbread was the standout.

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I hope you enjoy them. If not, send them to me.

Merry Shortbread Christmas!

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Cranberry Chocolate Chip Shortbread

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
Cranberry Chocolate Chip Shortbread – Crispy, butter, and loaded with mini chocolate chips and cranberries. A hint of orange zest makes shortbread cookies delicious.
Servings: 16 pieces

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. With an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and orange zest until light and fluffy. Add the flour and salt, and beat until just combined.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips and cranberries. Divide the dough into two pieces. Press them evenly into two 8-inch round cake pans. Bake for 11-12 minutes, until golden around the edges.
  • With a small sharp knife, score the shortbread into 8 wedges per pan.
  • Allow the shortbread to cool in the pans another 10 minutes. Then flip out of the pans the gently separate into wedges.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece, Calories: 128kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 15mg, Sodium: 39mg, Potassium: 8mg, Fiber: 0g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 185IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 7mg, Iron: 0.4mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Sommer Collier
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