Cranberry Orange Cookies With Crystallized Ginger

Cranberry Orange Cookies With Crystallized Ginger

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
salt, table
shortening, vegetable, household, composite
sugars, powdered
cream, whipped, cream topping, pressurized
orange juice, raw
orange juice, raw
cranberries, dried, sweetened
spices, ginger, ground
orange juice, raw
sugars, powdered
orange juice, raw

Directions:
Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Cream sugar and shortening together until light and fluffy.
Add cream, orange extract and grated orange rind.
Gradually add flour mixture.
Fold in cranberries and candied ginger.
Form dough into 2 logs, each about 1 1/2- inches in diameter.
Wrap in waxed paper and chill for at overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 and lightly grease cookie sheets.
Cut the logs into 1/4-inch thick slices and bake for 12-15 minutes.
For glaze mix together orange juice, powdered sugar and food coloring.
Drizzle on cooled cookies.