Cranberry Pecan Cookie Bars
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If you are looking for a light cranberry pecan cookie recipe, this is the one you want! These Cranberry Pecan Cookie Bars are delicious cookies and the perfect cookie to enjoy with coffee or tea.
This recipe makes for a delicate, crisp cookie and a lovely addition to your cookie recipe collection.
This is an easy cookie recipe with all the cranberry flavor and they are great for the holiday season. The are one of our easy delicious cookie recipes.
There is something special about desserts with cranberries and pecans this time of year. I love to to enjoy a dessert with the flavors of the season because it is another way to truly celebrate the season.
Why Try This Recipe
Easy Recipe. These Cranberry Pecan Cookie Bars take only a handful of simple ingredients to make. Just 7 ingredients are needed to make these. I am always looking for cranberry recipes during the season.
Delicious. I used to make a walnut version of this Crispy Cranberry Pecan Bars cookie recipe, so I decided to change up the ingredients for this cookie and I was happy with the results. These delicious cookies are great for a holiday cookie exchange
Festive and Unique. These Cranberry Pecan bar cookies are different from their soft counterpart made with White Chocolate Chips, instead they are somewhat delicate, crispy, thin cookie bars that taste more like shortbread cookies rather than a cake-like bar cookie.
They are perfect bar cookie with a glass of milk or a warm drink and it is also a great way to use up leftover cranberries and pecans.
This sweet treat is from a collection of vintage holiday recipes. The original recipe called for walnuts, but I like using pecans.
Cranberry Pecan Cookies Ingredients
- all purpose flour
- sugar
- room temperature butter – either unalted butter or salted butter works
- egg
- dried cranberries – I have not tried this recipe with fresh cranberries.
- chopped pecans
Equipment and Kitchen Tools
- Large Bowl
- Mixing spoon or hand mixer
- Square baking pan
- cooling rack
Variations and Substitutions
- White chocolate chips – add 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips for additional flavor.
- Nuts – use your favorite nuts in place of the pecans.
Full details in recipe card.
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How to Make this Cranberry Pecan Cookies recipe
Step 1 – In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add dry ingredients and then pecans and cranberries.
Step 2 – Pour into a prepared square pan.
Step 3- Bake in the oven until light golden brown.
Step 4 – Let cool. Cut them into bars and let cool on wire rack.
So delicious and so easy!
Tips
- It makes a small batch, but can be doubled for cookie exchanges.
- Store cookies in an airtight container.
More Vintage Cookie Recipes
White chocolate cranberry pecan cookies
Cranberry Pecan Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter melted
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2/3 cup pecans
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Grease an 8″ square pan and preheat oven to 350.
- In a bowl, beat the egg and sugar. on low speed with an electric mixer or wooden spoon
- Blend in dry ingredients, then cranberries and pecans.
- Spread mixture into greased pan.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let cool slightly before cutting.
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Cranberry and pecans together! How delightful. I’m totally in.
It is one of my favorite combos this time of year!
Winter is the perfect time for baking! Those cookie bars look so good 🙂
They really are tasty!
Sounds like a recipe I’d like to try. Flipping it for future reference.
This makes me very hungry.lol.