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Slice and Bake Orange Cookies with Cranberry

April 22, 2010 by Sarah Trivuncic 22 Comments

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More very lazy cookies following on from my recent post about Pecan and Cinnamon Slice and Bake Cookies. I baked these in two halves – one batch for friends and toddlers coming round to play, one batch of dough left in the freezer for an emergency.
 
Boy did I have an emergency last week.  Self inflicted of course, I allowed myself to be coaxed at the eleventh hour into auditioning for the BBC’s new baking show Great British Bake Off. I worked from 8.30pm to 2am last Friday to produce a sweet and a savoury item to take in to be judged.  As a bonus I sliced up some of these cookies and threw in some cake pops too.
 
I will do a separate post shortly about what else I made for them and how the audition went (clue – you won’t be seeing me on tv anytime soon, at least not in that show).  
 
Another reason for a lazy post today is that I was up last night burning the midnight oil on this weekend’s “Postcard from…”  It’s a bit of a whacky one so I hope you will enjoy it.  You won’t enjoy the food there – and when you read it, you’ll see why.
 
So today at least, enjoy these fragrant orangey biscuits. Out of the three batches of slice and bake biscuits I’ve made recently, these have disappeared the fastest. The original recipe from Australian Women’s Weekly was for lemon and cranberry but fan as I am of lemons, I think orange tastes much more comforting in this biscuit here.  And I’m in need of a bit of that this week.

 

 
Orange and Cranberry Slice and Bake Cookies 
Adapted from Australian Women’s Weekly “The Complete Book of Cupcakes, Cheesecakes and Cookies” (I would give you a link but bizarrely, Amazon don’t appear to stock it)
Makes approx 48 cookies

Ingredients: 
250g butter, softened
200g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
300g plain flour
75g rice flour
50g cornflour
1 tbsp finely grated orange zest
100g coarsely chopped dried cranberries
2 tbsp milk (you may need slightly more)
A little extra sugar for sprinkling (optional)

 

 
 
 

 

Method: 
1. Using the food processor, mix the butter, icing sugar, orange zest and vanilla extract until light and fluffy.  Tip into a large bowl and add the sifted flours, cranberries and rub mixture as if making shortcrust pastry until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
2. Spoon over the milk and bring the breadcrumb mixture together into a ball.
3. Divide into 2-3 balls to make the mixture easier to manage. Knead the balls of dough on a floured surface until smooth then roll into logs around 6-7cm in diameter.  Wrap each log with parchment paper and place in a freezer bag in the fridge for about 1 hour until firm or freeze until needed (up to 1 month).
4. Meanwhile pre-heat the oven to 160c and line a couple of baking trays with parchment paper.
5. When the logs have firmed up, unwrap them and using a sharp knife cut into slices 1cm thick.  Place about 3cm apart on the baking trays and bake for around 18-20 minutes until just golden.  Cool on wire racks.
 

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Filed Under: Baking and Desserts Tagged With: baking, biscuits, cookies, cranberry, oranges

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Sarah Trivuncic has published recipes, restaurant and travel reviews on Maison Cupcake since 2009. She lives in Walthamstow, East London with her husband and teenager.
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Comments

  1. Maria says

    April 22, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    I love slice and bake cookies. These look divine!

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  2. aforkfulofspaghetti says

    April 22, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    Can I have a couple of those with my cuppa right now, please? Ta! 🙂

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  3. Deepa says

    April 22, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Yum! I bake wherever possible but Waitrose have just discontinued my favourite cranberry, orange and choc chip cookies, and these look exactly the same.
    Definitely going to try these out.

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  4. sweetie says

    April 22, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    these cookies look great and i want to hear more about the auditions!

    congrats on the tastespotting spot ; p

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  5. Naomi says

    April 22, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    yum! yum! I need a few or maybe a dozen. these look delish.

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  6. Rambling Tart says

    April 22, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    Mmm, mmm – I like simple baking like this. Nothing too fancy, just homey and good with a hot cup of tea. 🙂 Can't wait for your wacky Postcards post!! 🙂

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  7. MaryMoh says

    April 22, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    I love it that you can put in the fridge and bake when you have time. Looks very delicious. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. Helen says

    April 22, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    These look fabulous. The Australian Womans Weekly is a very good resource, I love their books.

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  9. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    April 22, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    Hehe you're keeping us guessing with your upcoming posts! Sarah, I suspect there's nothing lazy about anything that you do! 😉

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  10. Sook says

    April 22, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    I like how you shaped the dough and sliced it. Brilliant. 🙂

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  11. BonjourRomance says

    April 23, 2010 at 12:00 am

    Bonjour Sarah,
    These slice and bakes look wonderful. Please tell us more about the auditions, you would be marvelous on tv. Anxious to read your wacky postcard.
    Happy Friday,
    Mimi

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  12. hannah | honey & jam says

    April 23, 2010 at 2:24 am

    I've made cookies just like this! I love them.

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  13. faithy, the baker says

    April 23, 2010 at 3:18 am

    YUMS! I'm bookmarking this! This is calling out my name…hope to bake it this weekend if possible!

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  14. Barbara Bakes says

    April 23, 2010 at 3:59 am

    It would be fun to be a part of Great British Bake Off. Good luck. Love the flavor combination of the cookies.

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  15. Rose&Thorn says

    April 23, 2010 at 8:00 am

    I cookie emergency – sounds like the story of my life! I hope you get to be part of the Great British Bake Off – good luck.

    Reply
  16. Juls @ Juls'Kitchen says

    April 23, 2010 at 8:36 am

    They are amazing as always! Yummy!
    Now you must give a try to olive oil cookies! 😉
    Have a wonderful weekend!

    Reply
  17. Mamatkamal says

    April 23, 2010 at 10:56 am

    I love these kind of cookies, they look wonderful!

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  18. foodjihad says

    April 23, 2010 at 11:24 am

    I am usually not a cookie person but these look wonderful. LOVE dried fruits in pastries, cookies, etc…In Cairo, we eat a lot of cookies with dates in them. Will have to try this recipe.

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  19. The London Foodie says

    April 23, 2010 at 10:56 pm

    I love your photography – the blue background with white dots worked very well against the biscuits. The recipe is not overly complicated either, I should try this next time I have people over for tea. I love Victoria Sponge Cake (a bit boring I know but so comforting) and that is what i bake for tea most times. I think everyone appreciates home made cakes or biscuits with their tea.

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  20. Gourmet Chick says

    April 23, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    These look like nice thick, crunchy cookies – delicious

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  21. Jamie says

    April 26, 2010 at 7:17 am

    Wow are you ever brave! I'd love to hear how it went – and how you got roped into trying out! These are great cookies and love orange cranberry.

    Reply

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