Wholewheat Cranberry Shortbread Cookies (Eggless) | Christmas Bakes

Cookiesand Quick breads are perfect edible gifts for Xmas and I bake more of the latter than the former , but there's always a reason to get into the mood, right ?;) 

Kids get super excited with Xams parties at school (the newest trend these days) and at home (Check out our ultra-mini Xmas tree at home), so I pushed myself (out of a million things happening here) to see two smiling faces beaming when the cookies came out of the oven ! 

And that was worth all the effort (although if you are a pro-cookie baker, its child's play).

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While the Yuletide season is (almost) upon us, everyone around seems to get into a Christmassy-mood 🙂 store fronts are dressed up, Santas seen in malls, the colors of the season Red-Green-White showing up everywhere from dresses to wreaths to gift stores.

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Why not bake something quick , light and child friendly for the season. Today's post is adapted from  here (with some major and minor tweaks). But all in all, it was delicious. I have used tinned (and dried) cranberries,but the recipe would vary slightly if you use fresh berries.

This bake goes to #christmasTreats at FoodieMondayBloghop where Mayuriis hosting the theme this week. Do check out her blog for bakes from around the world including a very special post on Edible gift ideas for Xmas. 

Let's get baking, shall we? 

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Prep time- 10 mins , Baking time- 18 to 20 mins (per batch) ; Makes : 10-12 cookies

You need:

Wholewheat flour - 1.15 cups (1 cup= 200 ml)

Cold Butter - 40 grams

Olive Oil - 2 TBSP

Salt - a teeny weeny pinch

Dried Cranberries - 2 heaped Tablespoons

Cinnamon powder - ¼ teaspoon (opt. - I added)

Confectioner's Sugar - ¼ cup (less 1 teaspoon as the dried cranberries had sugar added to them)

Vanilla essence - a generous tsp

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How to:

• In a bowl, cream grated cold butter ,oil and sugar well. Add the essence, salt and mix, fold in the cinnamon powder, cranberries and wholewheat flour. 
• Gently make into a dough (don't over knead). Shape into a rectangular log and wrap in clingfilm and refrigerate for 20-30 mins.  
• Towards the end of the resting period, Preheat oven to 175 C. grease and line a baking tray. Cut the log with a sharp knife into medium sized cookies and place on the tray. 
• Bake for 18-20 mins (flipping midway) till the cookies are baked (they may be slightly soft when taken out but harden on cooling on a wire rack). Store in airtight containers !

Celebrate Xmas and New years with many more edible gifts like :

Wholewheat Almond-Chocolate Cupcakes

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Quick Multigrain Almond Bread

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Eggless Banana Chocochip Bread with Cranberries and Coconut Sugar

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Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

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Coconut kissed Chocochip Vegan bread

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