Cranberry Cookie Kisses Recipes

LINDA'S CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two baking sheets. Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl.
• Beat the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and instant pudding with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the first egg into the butter until completely blended, then beat in the vanilla with the last egg. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the white chocolate chips and cranberries; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of the cookies become golden brown, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool in the baking sheet for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together the sugars, pudding mix, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, and butter. Mix until creamy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, making sure to mix in between.
• Add the baking soda and gradually add the flour as you continue to mix the batter.
• Fold in the cranberries and drop a spoonful of cookie dough onto the cookie sheet. Continue until you've used up all the batter.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown. Allow to cool for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Serve once they have cooled completely.

CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar until slightly thickened and light in color, about 5-7 minutes. The mixture should almost double in size. The eggs work as your leavening agent in this recipe, so do not skip this step. This mixture should form a ribbon when you lift the beaters out of the bowl.
• Add the soft butter and vanilla; mix two more minutes. Stir in the flour until just combined. Add the cranberries and stir to mix throughout.
• Use a 2 tablespoon scoop or a spoon to portion out the cookie dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place only six cookies on the baking sheet.
• Bake for 18 minutes, until the cookies have puffed up and turned golden brown on the edges. Remove from the oven and cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transfering to a wire rack to finish cooling.
• To glaze the cookies, stir together the powdered sugar and lemon juice. It should drizzle off the spoon in a thick white stream. Lightly drizzle the cookies and allow them to fully set before storing.

AMARETTO-CRANBERRY KISS

Steps:

• Mix cranberry juice, vodka, amaretto, and orange juice in pitcher. Cover and chill until ready to serve. DO AHEAD: Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.
• To make 2 drinks, fill cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Pour in scant 1 cup vodka mixture. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into 2 Martini glasses. Garnish each with clementine segment. Repeat 3 times with ice cubes, remaining vodka mixture, and clementine segments.

COOKIE KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut dough into 9 slices; cut each slice into 4 pieces.
• Form each piece of dough into a ball.
• Place a ball of dough into each cup of a MINI muffin tin.
• Push a chocolate kiss into each ball of dough.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.
• Let cookies cool in pan 15 minutes before removing.

SPARKLING CRANBERRY KISS

Steps:

• In a pitcher, combine cranberry juice and orange juice. Just before serving, stir in ginger ale; serve over ice. If desired, serve with orange slices.

CHERRY KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter, confectioners' sugar and salt until blended. Beat in cherry juice, extract and, if desired, food coloring. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in cherries., Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into center of each cookie (cookie will crack around edges). Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CRANBERRY SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, butter, shortening, and eggs together in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Sift flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl.
• Stir flour mixture into butter mixture; add cream cheese and stir until dough is just-combined. Mix cranberries into dough using a wooden spoon. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Whisk 6 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon together in a shallow bowl. Roll cookie dough into 48 equal-size balls and roll each ball in cinnamon sugar; place dough balls 2-inches apart on nonstick baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned but still slightly soft in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for 1 minute before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY KISS

Steps:

• Add Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, collins mix, and cranberry juice in ice-filled highball glass and stir.
• Garnish with lemon.
• Enjoy!