Chocolate Cranberry Orange Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 teaspoon clementine zest
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup dried cranberries or 3/4 cup craisins
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon clementine juice

Recipe

• 1 1. preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 2. in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy and well blended. add egg, vanilla, orange extract and orange zest.
• 3 3. add flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt then stir in chocolate chips and craisins.
• 4 4. using a spoon roll dough into one in balls and drop dough onto a parchment papered baking sheet. bake for 8-10 minutes, until barely golden brown around the edges. note: the tops will not be brown and look slightly undercooked, i bake for exactly 10 minutes which seems perfect.
• 5 5. let cool, on the sheet, on a wire rack for five minutes. remove from baking sheet and let cool completely.
• 6 6. for glaze mix powdered sugar with orange juice a little at a time until the consisentcy is easy to drizzle onto the cookies. makes approximately 3 dozen delicious cookies!