Coconut Cranberry Chews

Coconut Cranberry Chews

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs
  • Yield: 6dozen cookies

    • About This Recipe

    “Addictive; was rated grand prize winner in cookie recipe contest–originally submitted by Nancy Jamison”

    Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cupsbutter
  • 2cupssugar
  • 1tablespoonfreshly grated orange rind
  • 2teaspoonsvanilla
  • 3 1/4 cupsflour
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 1 1/2 cupsdried cranberries
  • 1 1/2 cupssweetened dried coconut

    • Directions

  • With a mixer on medium speed, beat butter, sugar, orange peel and vanilla until smooth.
  • In another bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Add butter mixture and beat on low speed for about 5 minutes.
  • Stir in cranberries and coconut.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on buttered baking sheets.
  • Bake in a 350° oven for 8 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes.

    • Reviews

  • “For some reason I have gone crazy this Christmas and decided to make an enormous amount of different kinds of cookies. I chose these because they looked like they would be different from any I had made so far.They are TRULY addictive…I am almost burned out on cookies but these made me crave more! I recommend them hightly. Easy and delish. You won’t be dissapointed.Thanks Nancy…these have already become a tradition.”

  • “Wow!This is my new holiday cookie (ANY holiday!).:)Nice flavor combination and rich.I used UNsweetened fine shredded coconut and also added about 1/2 tsp each of coconut and orange extract.I didn’t have the fresh orange rind so I used dry.These were plenty sweet.Baked for 10 minutes.Thanks for sharing this great recipe.”

  • “amazing cookies that always get rave reviews.”

  • “Very tasty little cookie.Recipe was easy, tho I wish I had read the reviews as my dough was very dry and pea-like.I was thinking my butter wasn’t softened enough.Made exactly as shown and I’m delighted to have a new cookie for the holiday.It is a “festive” cookie with the dark red of the cranberries and the zest of the orange.Will be making many batches of these in the years to come!”

  • “Easy to make, quick to bake & tasty as well.I wasn’t expecting too much from these as the recipe was too easy. I made them quite small, I like to have small bites on my dessert trays.I’m going to try them with mini chocolate chips next & then dried cherries.”

  • “These are amazing…like a couple of others, I made mine a bit big (made 62 cookies) and needed to bake for 10-12 minutes. I’m resisting the urge to eat them right now instead of saving them for gifts tonight. I made the recipe exactly as printed and wouldn’t change a thing!! Thanks…”

  • “Delish! Great flavor on these – first very sweet, then the tartness from the cranberry comes through and evens it out perfectly. Yum! Mine spread really a lot and so ended up *very* thin. Next time I will try chilling prior to baking to see if I can get better body in the cookie, but the flavor needs no tweaking.”

  • “Awesome cookies! I made my cookies a little larger than called for, I think, because I only got 4 dozen and they took 12 minutes to bake. I loved the orange rind, coconut, and cranberry combo. I’ll definitely be making these again!”

  • “I don’t bake cookies a lot, so I thought this recipe was a little challenging for me.I kept mixing and the dough really never came together (dry), so I had to almost knead it to be able to form it into balls.Well with that being said, these where my DH’s favorite!”

  • “These are very good. I added 1/2 t. of salt as I use unsalted butter, and about a half bag of chocolate chips. I love the combination of fruit and chocolate. I also found that they needed to bake for 11 minutes to be done in my oven. These will look very pretty on a holiday cookie tray. Thanks Ruby!”

  • “A very good coconut cookie recipe.I omitted the rind, but everything else I kept the same. I’ve also tried some of the orange flavored dried cranberries, but preferred the taste of the regular.These are now a regular on the Christmas cookie bake.”

  • “I am not going to rate this because I might have made a mistake.The cookies were just too sweet and the consistency was off…something just wasn’t right but I’m not so sure I didn’t measure right or whatever.But one thing…8 minutes was right on…they overcooked quickly.”

  • “This may be the best cookie I have ever made,and I have made lots of cookies. Everyone loved them. Thanks for posting this great recipe.”

  • “excellent recipe.I made these out of Sunset magazine and they are delicious.I bake for about 13 minutes to get a crisper buttery cookie.”

  • “I clipped this recipe years ago and finally got around to making it this past weekend. Decide to check Zaar and see if it was posted, and here it is. Everything is the same except that my version, which is attributed to Sunset magazine, calls for 1 egg. A yummy recipe that I will be making again.”

  • “I made these to send for Christmas presents. They made a nice addition! Thank you!”

  • “The part about the dryness of the dough was right on…I just mixed a bit more and viola–these are wonderful. A new addition to MY cookie list and they are REALLY yummy!!Thanks Ruby–I will tell all my friends:)”

  • “these are one my all time favorite cookies!! they make great presents for my teachers. anyone i make them for falls in love withthem! they are awesome!”

  • “I was going to post the same recipe. Thanks for posting this keeper, Ruby. Tip from Sunset magazine (where it took grand prize): The mixture will look dry until it comes together as a dough. If it’s too crumbly to form into balls, the dough needs to be mixed longer; it should be a smooth, homogenous mass.”

  • “Tried these at Xmas and I loved them but seemed to be only one eating them. Loved the dried cranberries.”

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