Coconut Cranberry Chews Recipe Recipes Recipe For Hand

CRANBERRY-COCONUT CHEWS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1½ cups butter, sugar, orange peel, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in egg, until well blended.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture, stir to mix, then beat on low speed until dough comes together, about 5 minutes (see notes). Mix in cranberries and coconut.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12" x 15" baking sheets.
• Bake in a 350°F regular or convection oven until cookie edges just begin to brown, 11 to 15 minutes (shorter baking time will yield a chewier cookie; longer baking time will yield a crispier cookie). If baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking. Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.
• NOTES: The mixture may look dry until it comes together as a dough. If its too crumbly to form into balls, the dough need to be mixed longer; it should be a smooth homogeneous mass.

COCONUT CRANBERRY CHEWS

Steps:

• 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.

CRANBERRY-COCONUT RELISH

Steps:

• Pulse the cranberries, sugar and a pinch of salt in a food processor until finely chopped.
• Transfer to a bowl and stir in the coconut, chile, mint and lime zest and juice. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.