It's a very good thing that pre-Christian festivals happened to be during winter, or Christmas might have been celebrated anytime else, and winter would be pretty dreary of a season. At least, for us, being from ancestral blood that probably only knew the milder of days. I do not celebrate Christmas, but I love the lights and I like the creative cookie recipes that are hauled out at the year's end. My little sisters and I baked two different types of cookies (and this will probably be all the baking for us). Baking is really not very fun to me. As a co-worker said to me, "baking is a science, cooking is an art". Well, I have a minor in fine art, and I failed science, so that's pretty definitive of my feelings on baking. Nonetheless, I like to get into the spirit of baking during snow days. Here I present my interpretation of an orange, cranberry, and walnut cookie.
Orange, cranberry, walnut cookie
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar (1 cup if you like it sickeningly sweet)
1 egg
1 tablespoon of orange zest
3 tablespoons of orange juice
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 stick softened butter
1/4 cup oil (a bit less than that)
Directions:
1. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cranberries, and walnuts in one bowl.
2. Mix sugar, oil, butter, egg, orange juice, and orange zest in another bowl.
3. Slowly add in the dry flour mixture into wet ingredients while mixing.
4. Make balls and place 2-3 inches apart on cookie sheet.
5. Place in preheated oven at 325 for 10-12 minutes or when edges are golden. Rotate halfway.
6. Lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
Orange, cranberry, walnut cookie
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar (1 cup if you like it sickeningly sweet)
1 egg
1 tablespoon of orange zest
3 tablespoons of orange juice
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 stick softened butter
1/4 cup oil (a bit less than that)
Directions:
1. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cranberries, and walnuts in one bowl.
2. Mix sugar, oil, butter, egg, orange juice, and orange zest in another bowl.
3. Slowly add in the dry flour mixture into wet ingredients while mixing.
4. Make balls and place 2-3 inches apart on cookie sheet.
5. Place in preheated oven at 325 for 10-12 minutes or when edges are golden. Rotate halfway.
6. Lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
cranberries, walnuts, flour, salt, baking soda
orange juice, zest, butter, sugar, egg, oil
cookie dough balls
fresh out of the oven--enjoy!
-A
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