These orange-flavored cranberry cookies are tart and delicious and filled with crushed pecans – a tasty and nice holiday cookie!

If you’ve never done or gone to a cookie swap, I highly recommend it! You will be introduced to new cookie recipes that you would have never tried.

I went to a cookie swap last week and I am sharing yet another cookie recipe from the swap!

These Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies are soft and chewy, like every good cookie should be. The flavor combination of orange and cranberry is the perfect holiday flavor!

Just Take Me to the Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies Already!

I get a lot of questions about my recipes from my readers! To better serve them. I like to share all of my tips and tricks with each recipe.

If you would rather skip over this info and get straight to the Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies recipe – please scroll to the bottom of the page where you will find the easy printable recipe.

What are Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies?

I think what I like the most of these cookies is that they don’t use extract for their flavoring. Using extracts can give your cookies an artificial taste. While there’s nothing wrong using extracts, it’s easy to go a little overboard when you do use them.

However, when you use zest and juice, you can control the flavor a bit more. And if you really like a zing to your cookies, you can bump the flavoring leaving the artificial taste behind.

What do you need to make Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies?

stand mixer
cookie scoop
baking sheet
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup butter flavored shortening
2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4 tbs orange juice
2 tbs orange zest
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup chopped pecans

How to Make Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Using a stand mixer, cream butter, shortening, and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs, orange juice, orange zest, and salt. Next, add flour, baking soda, and baking powder until just blended. Fold in dried cranberries and pecans.

Using cookie scoop, place scooped dough onto baking sheet.

Bake at 350 F for 9-11 minutes.

Tips for Making Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies

Swap out walnuts for pecans! You really can’t go wrong with any nut in these cookies.
If you want to get a head start on your holiday baking, these cookies freeze well!
Take your cookies up a notch by adding a glaze! Whip up a glaze made with grated orange zest, orange juice, and confectioners’ sugar.

Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies

These orange-flavored cranberry cookies are tart and delicious and filled with crushed pecans – a tasty and nice holiday cookie!

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup butter flavored shortening
2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4 tbs orange juice
2 tbs orange zest
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Using a stand mixer, cream butter, shortening, and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs, orange juice, orange zest, and salt. Next, add flour, baking soda, and baking powder until just blended. Fold in dried cranberries and pecans.
Using cookie scoop, place scooped dough onto baking sheet.
Bake at 350 F for 9-11 minutes.

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Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies