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Cassidy Morris

Sprite Cranberry Cookies

Want a Sprite Cranberry? These cookies are inspired by Sprite Cranberry. They are a lemon lime cookie with a homemade cranberry swirl and a Sprite Cranberry Glaze.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For Cookies:
  • 1 cup butter 2 sticks softened, unsalted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • 1 tsp lime zest
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 egg + 1 eggs yolk
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
For Cranberry Swirl:
  • 1 cup cranberry
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
For Sprite Glaze:
  • 2 tbsp Sprite Cranberry
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

Method
 

For Cookies:
  1. Preheat oven to 350℉ and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Zest and juice 2 lemons and 2 limes.
  3. In a large bowl, add your sugar, brown sugar, lemon zest and lime zest and message together to release flavors from zest. Add butter and mix until well combined.
  4. Add your eggs, vanilla extract, and stir until light and fluffy.
  5. Once your wet ingredients are combined, add your flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt and fold together until just combined.
  6. Scoop your cookie dough into 1-2 inch balls and place them on your baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
For Cranberry Swirl:
  1. In a sauce pan over medium high heat, add your cranberries, water, sugar and lemon juice and bring to a boil.
  2. Using a whisk or masher, mush your cranberries. Once your mixture cooks for 2-4 minutes and starts to thicken. Turn heat to low and let cook for 3 more minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
  3. Once your cranberry sauce has cooled, spoon dollops into your cookie dough and swirl it in.
  4. Scoop your cookie dough into 1-2 inch balls and place them on your baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
  5. Bake in a 350℉ oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and use a round cookie cutter to scoot in the edges of your cookies to make them all round. Let cool.
For Glaze:
  1. In a small bowl mix your powdered sugar and Sprite Cranberry until it's smooth. If your glaze is too thin, add a tablespoon more of powdered sugar, if it's too thick add a teaspoon more Sprite.
  2. Once your cookies have cooled down a little bit, drizzle your glaze over your cookies.
  3. Share & enjoy!!