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Cranberry Orange Tea Cakes

Cranberry Orange Tea Cakes
Recipe Tip
Creative with Cranberries
Cranberries contain antioxidants that help protect healthy body cells from oxygen damage by free radicals.
Special Touch
For a flavorful holiday finish, drizzle melted white or dark chocolate over these sugared Cranberry Orange Tea Cakes.

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Tea cakes make the list for favorite holiday cookie. This melt-in-your mouth version is flavor-packed with orange and cranberries too. From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:25 min
Start to Finish:50 min
makes:About 3 dozen cookies
1/2cup sweetened dried cranberries
1teaspoon Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
3/4cup margarine or butter, softened
1/2cup granulated sugar
1egg
2tablespoons sour cream
1tablespoon grated orange peel
1/2teaspoon orange extract
2cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1teaspoon baking soda
1/4teaspoon salt
1/2cup powdered sugar
1.Heat oven to 325°F. In small bowl, toss cranberries and 1 teaspoon flour; set aside.
2.In large bowl, beat margarine and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Beat in egg, sour cream, orange peel and orange extract until smooth.
3.Beat in 2 cups flour, the baking soda and salt on low speed until well blended. Stir in cranberry mixture. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
4.Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until bottoms are light golden. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Sprinkle tops with powdered sugar. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
Nutritional Information
1 Cookie: Calories 90 (Calories from Fat 40); Total Fat 4g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 1g); Cholesterol 5mg; Sodium 100mg; Total Carbohydrate 11g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 6g); Protein 1g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 0% Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
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Flavorful
With the cranberries and orange zest, they had a lot of flavor. I added sliced almonds for a crunchy texture and they were great.
Posted at 3:06 PM on March 8 2011 by awaldeck
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