Cranberry Pinwheel Cookie Recipe

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Easy quick recipe with festive touch. Fresh cranberries and ground pecans or walnuts with orange zest is processed and filled inside a butter cookie refrigerated dough. Rolled into a log, sliced and baked makes a beautiful cookie for gift giving.

Author: Liz Bushong
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 14-15 minutes
Total Time: 45-50 minutes
Yield: 36 cookies 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Baking
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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1/2 cup butter, softened, no substitutes 3/4 cup sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh cranberries 1/2 cup ground walnuts or pecans 1 tablespoon grated orange rind- optional

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Instructions

Cream butter and sugar at medium speed with mixer until light and fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla.
Gradually add flour, baking powder and salt.
Cover dough and chill for 1 hour.
Filling:
Process cranberries in food processor to finely chop, remove to medium bowl.
Process nuts to ground, add to cranberries and grated orange rind to medium bowl-set aside
Roll Log
Turn dough on floured surface, roll into a 10″ square
Spread cranberry-nut mixture leaving a 1/2 ” border on 2 opposite sides
Roll up dough like a jelly roll, cover and freeze 8 hours or until needed
Baking Cookies
Cut roll into 1/4″ thick slices. Place slices on parchment lined or lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake on top rack in oven at 375 for 14-15 minutes.

Notes

Freeze up to 2 months. Be sure to wrap in parchment or wax paper, then foil when freezing.

Tip: The finer the cranberries the easier it will be to slice the cookies especially if slightly frozen.

Tip: Best results, allow cookies to thaw slightly before cutting and baking.

This recipe was inspired by Cranberry Walnut Swirls-Southern Living Patty Van
2004. I purchase several bags of cranberries during Thanksgiving season to freeze so I can bake these cookies anytime of the year. These make a pretty Cookie for the cookie tray or gift to give.

Find it online: https://lizbushong.com/cranberry-pinwheel-cookie-recipe/