Merry Cranberry Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 325º F.
• STIR morsels and cranberries into cookie dough. Refrigerate for 15 minutes for easier handling. Roll dough into 18, 1 1/4-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• BAKE for 14 to 16 minutes or until edges are set but centers are still soft. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• TIPS:.
• • Drizzle Merry Cranberry Cookies with melted NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Premier White Morsels.
• • Create three types of Christmas cookies from just one tub of NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Tub Dough. Make this recipe along with two other 12 Days of Christmas Cookies recipes.
• • Recipe can easily be doubled or tripled for a larger batch.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large microwave safe bowl.
• Add the sugar and mix thoroughly. Let the bowl sit on the counter while you do the next step.
• Melt the jam in the microwave or in a saucepan over low heat. Once it's the consistency of syrup, mix it in with the butter and sugar.
• Add the eggs, baking soda, and salt, stirring after each addition.
• Add the flour and mix thoroughly. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. (Overnight is even better.).
• When your ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees, rack in the middle position.
• Roll the chilled dough into small walnut-sized balls with your hands.
• Put 1/3 cup sugar in a small bowl and roll the balls in it.
• Place them on a greased standard-sized cookie sheet, 12 cookies per sheet.
• Flatten the dough balls with a greased spatula.
• Make a small indentation with your thumb or index finger in the center of each cookie. Fill the indentation with about 1/8 teaspoon of jam.
• Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Let them cool for minutes on the cookie sheet, and then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling.