When you combine cranberry orange crumb cake with white chocolate chip cookies, you get these delicious, unique cookies that are perfect for the holiday season. They make a festive addition to your holiday cookie platter. I came up with these delightful cookies when I was looking for a way to use up leftover cranberry sauce. If your family is like mine, it’s rare for us to have leftover cranberry sauce because we love it so much. Click here to view my Cranberry Sauce recipe. Don’t worry, you can certainly use store bought whole berry cranberry sauce for this recipe and the cookies will be just as delicious.
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Ingredients
Crumb Topping
- 3/4 cup (96g) all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup (50g) packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons (38g) granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 4 1/2 tablespoons (64g) cold, unsalted butter, cubed
Icing
- 2/3 cup (80g) powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 dash fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1-2 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
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Crumb Topping
Icing
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Instructions
Crumb Topping
- In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar and salt until well combined. Work the butter into the flour mixture with your fingertips until it looks like wet sand with no large chunks of butter. Press the mixture together to form chunks. Set aside in the refrigerator while you make the cookie dough.
Icing
- In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, salt, lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of orange juice until well combined. Add additional orange juice as needed to achieve your desired consistency. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle the icing over the cooled cookies.
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I baked these cake cookies today, and wow! The cookie is like a soft shortbread cookie, the kind that melts in your mouth good. I did add a few more white chocolate chips, and added several dried cranberries into the well of the cookie before baking. Excellent flavor combinations for a delicious holiday cookie!!
Hi Linda, I’m so glad you enjoyed the cookies. Thanks so much for stopping by to let me know!
I can’t wait to make these cookies as a treat for teachers! 💕I also found the recipe within 30 seconds of finding the TikTok reel. Super easy website to navigate.
Hi Jaclyn, I’m glad you were able to find the recipe easily. I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Can I use a preserve such as raspberry or blackberry vs. the cranberry sauce?
Hi Sandy! Yes you can use the jam or preserves of your choice. Blackberry would pair especially well with the orange zest.
Thank you so much for sharing. I can hardly wait to bake these cookies. They look and sound scrumptious
Hi Jo, I hope you enjoy the cookies. Thanks for stopping by!
The dough is incredibly sticky, it’s impossible to scoop and roll into a ball and make an indentation.
Hi Felecia, it sounds like something went wrong for you. Many people have had success with this recipe. If the recipe is followed exactly the dough should not be sticky. Perhaps your butter was too warm. In that case you can chill your dough in the refrigerator until the butter firms up a bit, making the dough easier to work with. Perhaps you didn’t weigh your ingredients. Flour is tricky to measure with a measuring cup. Too little flour can make your dough sticky.
I made these a couple of weeks ago and the were wonderful. They turned onto my daughters favorite and she is a very picky eater. I love the cranberry orange. Last Saturday I was wanting to make these but didn’t have any fresh cranberries so I decided to use a meyer lemon curd. They turned out fantastic. Almost as good as the cranberry orange. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe!!
Hello friend! I’m so glad you and your daughter enjoyed the recipe! The lemon version sounds so delicious, I’ll give that try also. Thanks so much for stopping by to let me know.