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Sprite Cranberry Cookies

Cassidy Morris
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
  

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

Instructions
 

For Cookies:

  • Preheat oven to 350℉ and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Zest and juice 2 lemons and 2 limes.
  • 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.
  • Add your eggs, vanilla extract, and stir until light and fluffy.
  • Once your wet ingredients are combined, add your flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt and fold together until just combined.
  • Scoop your cookie dough into 1-2 inch balls and place them on your baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

For Cranberry Swirl:

  • In a sauce pan over medium high heat, add your cranberries, water, sugar and lemon juice and bring to a boil.
  • 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.
  • Once your cranberry sauce has cooled, spoon dollops into your cookie dough and swirl it in.
  • Scoop your cookie dough into 1-2 inch balls and place them on your baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
  • 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:

  • 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.
  • Once your cookies have cooled down a little bit, drizzle your glaze over your cookies.
  • Share & enjoy!!
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