Sugared Cranberry Cookies

Sugared cranberry cookies – delicious sugar cookies with sugared cranberries baked in to make the sweetest cookie ever – with a twist.

Remember those sugared cranberries we just talked about?

While they are surprisingly addicting just on their own, they make for gorgeous decorations on other desserts, too.

Originally I made them because I wanted to put them IN something. I’ve seen them on cakes, cupcakes, even in breads – but I haven’t seen them in cookies!

Dried cranberry cookies sure, but sugared cranberry cookies? Can’t find ’em.

I don’t know that I’m the first person to EVER to put them in cookies, but just please don’t burst my bubble. My very heavily sugared bubble.

These were the first cookies I made this holiday season. I had been trying to stay away from the desserts and eat a little healthier (though still indulging in some eggnog), but I broke down in the name of gifting.

That’s how much I love my friends, I’ll fill my kitchen full of sugary goodness and sweet temptations.

The sacrifices I make.

When I first mentioned to my mom that I was planning to make sugared cranberry cookies, she paused for a minute, and then simply said, “Hm.”

In mom speak, that’s her short way of acknowledging that I have spoken but ultimately deciding she thinks I’m being ridiculous or am wrong.

Let me just say, I brought some of these cookies home this week for the holidays – and she ate 3 of them in 5 minutes. So I think she’s (literally) eating her words now.

There is of course a bit of prep time with these cookies because you have to make the sugared cranberries first. I find it’s easiest to prepare the cranberries the day before.

If making the cranberries ahead, store them in an air-tight container until ready to use – I keep them in the fridge but other recipes say on counter is fine. The fresher the better, though!

As always, if you make these I’d love to hear about how they turned out!