Cranberry Coconut Sprits Cookies
Traditional Swedish Sprits cookies, fancified with cranberries and a hint of coconut.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups soft butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ t vanilla extract
- ½ t coconut extract (or just another ½ t vanilla)
- 2 cups flour
- ½ t baking powder
- pinch salt
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ½ cup coconut flakes, sweetened or unsweetened (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉. Set the rack to the middle. In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Then add egg, vanilla, and coconut extract, and beat until it's well-mixed. Add in the flour, baking powder, and salt, and mix until dough is smooth. Then add in the cranberries and mix just until they're well-distributed.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and then roll the dough into 1-1.5" balls. Using a scrap of parchment paper and a glass, cover the balls with the parchment scrap to make sure it doesn't stick and then flatten them into circles with the glass until they're about ½" thick. Then sprinkle the coconut flakes on top and press them into the dough lightly.
- Bake for 12-15 mins, until the edges have started just to brown slightly. They will be quite pale even when fully cooked. Check them frequently after the 10-minute mark, since they're likely to burn quickly. Transfer them carefully to a cooling rack and wait until cool to serve.