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12 Days of Cookies: Jammy Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies π₯ (Day 9!)
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β Hi Reader! Jammy Cranberry
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Why We Love Them
These jewel-toned cookies are the ultimate holiday cookie from the color and flavor to the dusting of snow (aka confectioners' sugar).
Can We Ship 'Em?
This is not a great cookie to ship. These are best assembled just prior to serving.
Make-Ahead Options
Yep!
Several Days in Advance...
The whole cookie base, start-to-finish, can be made and stored in an airtight container at room temperature for several days.
The cranberry sauce can be made up to one week in advance and stored in the fridge in an airtight container.
Always assemble this cookie just prior to serving.
Several Weeks in Advance...
You can freeze this cookie dough as dough balls or as a larger mass of dough, your choice.
If you freeze dough balls, set them on the prepared baking sheet and bake once they are at or close to room temperature.
If you freeze the entire mass of dough, you'll want to defrost in the fridge overnight and then move to the kitchen counter to finish defrosting.
Once it's closer to room temperature, pick up with instruction #3 and finish your cookies.
More Tips
- Jazz Hands. The cookies are pretty as is or add: drizzles of vanilla glaze, candied orange peel or a sprinkle of fresh orange zest. I have instructions for candied citrus peel on this Lemon Cake post (it uses lemon, but you can use orange peel in its place).
- Chinese Five-Spice Powder. I love it in holiday desserts! If you don't have any, feel free to substitute 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Bread Flour. You can replace the bread flour with all-purpose flour in a pinch, 1:1. You'll lose some thickness and chewiness of the cookie when you do this, but they will still be yummy!
- To Serve. Assemble the cookies just prior to serving (day of). Do not stack the cookies as the jammy cranberries will make a mess.
Have fun with these!!
As always, leave any questions, comments, recipe notes on the actual recipe post and I'll respond asap. π
Happy baking!!
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Rebecca's 12 Days of Cookies
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