These Cranberry Shortbread Cookies are crisp, buttery, crumbly and addictively delicious! Autumn isn’t just a distant pipe dream anymore. It really truly is here. Well, almost. Summer just isn’t meant for me. I like cooler, colder weather better and the prospect of Fall is very exciting. Especially, with the prospect of all the cozy winter recipes that I can whip up.
Cranberries are a holiday favorite
And personally, another reason for me to celebrate Fall – cranberries! There’s a reason why cranberries are so popular, and are such Thanksgiving favorites. I can’t think of a Thanksgiving spread being complete without cranberry sauce. Apart from being sweet, tart and citrusy on their own, they do have numerous health benefits and they have this uncanny ability to brighten up and enhance any dish. They reach their plump, bright red, ripe form during September – November, not a moment too soon for all that holiday baking. But the great thing about a product like Ocean Spray Craisins Dried Cranberries is that it lets you enjoy this versatile and flavorful fruit any time of the year! Plus, there’s even more flavor concentrated into those ruby red, dried cranberries which makes even snacking on them fun! And that makes these Craisins Dried Cranberries a very flavorful addition in your baking as well. Fun Fact – did you know Ocean Spray’s first product was jellied cranberry sauce, and then cranberry juice cocktail in the 1930s? They’ve come a long way since then with innovative products like Craisins Dried Cranberries.
Shortbread cookies
Last year, I shared these Orange and Cardamom Melting Moments Cookies, which I make often simply because they are just so damn easy to make, versatile and delicious. They are related to classic shortbread cookies which I absolutely love. So much so that I’ve even shared a couple of other variations, like these chocolate shortbread cookies and buttery espresso shortbread cookies. They have the right amount of sweetness (I don’t like my shortbread cookies too sweet), and they are so delightfully crumbly and buttery. They are like a blank canvas to me to add on more flavors, spices, bits of chocolate, nuts, raisins, whatever! They never disappoint. So I decided to give my melting moments cookies a Fall makeover with some warming spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and bits of chocolate and Craisins Dried Cranberries. The result – these Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Shortbread Cookies that you simply HAVE to make! 🙂 These are ridiculously easy to make that even someone who has never baked before could make these perfectly well!
These cranberry shortbread cookies are so easy to make
The cookie dough comes together easily in a matter of minutes and bakes in 15 minutes! There’s a resting time to let the dough chill, so you can preheat the oven while the dough is chilling and you’ll have these unbelievably delicious Chocolate Chip Cranberry shortbread cookies in no time. They are buttery, crunchy, crumbly and crisp at the same time, with just the right amount of sweetness while studded with bits of chocolate and those flavorful Craisins Dried Cranberries, and then with a hint of all those amazing warming spices! Those dried cranberries are like bits of chewy candy in these cranberry shortbread cookies. Really, these chocolate chip & cranberry shortbread cookies should be right up there on your list of what to bake next. These are so easy make, it’s almost unfair. They are perfect to be dunked in hot milk or coffee too. We enjoyed ours with a cup of hot chocolate (made with my own homemade hot chocolate mix, of course!). Maybe next time I’ll have it with a pumpkin spice latte (complete with pumpkin spice coffee creamer!), and really celebrate the spirit of Fall!
