Cranberry Pinwheel Cookie Recipe
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.
- 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
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
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/