Cranberry or Mincemeat Stuffed Cookies
Cranberry or Mincemeat Stuffed Cookies with orange zest in the dough then stuff them with mincemeat or cranberry sauce. Perfect for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups salted butter-softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp orange zest
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2-3 tbsp milk-I used almond
- 3 tsp baking powder
Cookie Filling
- mincemeat-I used store bought. See blog post for link to mincemeat recipe.
- cranberry sauce-I used canned. See blog post for link to cranberry sauce recipe.
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a stand mixer. Stir in orange zest.
- In a separate bowl whisk flour and baking powder. Stir into creamed mixture alternating with the milk.
- Divide the dough in half then wrap in plastic. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 half of the dough to an 1/8" thickness. Tip-stack 2 quarters and that is equivalent to 1/8". Using a 2 3/4" cookie cutter cut out cookies. With a butter knife, cut an x in the center of half the cut out cookies (this is the top of the cookie).
- To assemble cookies, place 1 heaping teaspoon of filling onto the bottom of each half of the cookie dough. (The cut out without the X). Top with the dough that has the X cut out. Press the edges of the cookies together and seal with a fork.
- Bake at 375' for 12 minutes.
- Makes 30 to 36 cookies.