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Vegan Cranberry Orange Cookies

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Vegan Cranberry Orange Cookies - Perfectly soft with a blend of citrus, sweet, and tart. These easy vegan cranberry orange cookies are a festive addition your holiday dessert table!

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Vegan Cranberry Orange Cookies ~

Pillowy soft with the classic combination of citrusy, sweet, and tart, these easy-to-make vegan cranberry orange cookies are perfect for your holiday cookie tin! 

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  • Ingredients for Vegan Cranberry & Orange Cookies:
  • How to make Vegan Cranberry & Orange Cookies:
  • Can I substitute the walnuts for a different type of nut?
  • Can I omit the nuts altogether?
  • More cookie recipes:
  • Vegan Cranberry and Orange Cookies

Ingredients for Vegan Cranberry & Orange Cookies:

  • ground flaxseed meal
  • vegan butter
  • granulated sugar
  • light brown sugar
  • orange zest
  • orange juice
  • all-purpose flour
  • baking soda
  • sea salt
  • fresh cranberries
  • walnuts
  • confectioners’ sugar

How to make Vegan Cranberry & Orange Cookies:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Into a small bowl, add ground flaxseed and water. Whisk to combine and set aside.

Into a large mixing bowl, add butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Use a stand or hand mixer on medium speed to cream ingredients together.

Add the flaxseed/water mixture, orange zest, and orange juice. Continue mixing until well blended.

Into a medium-size mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine then add to the butter/sugar mixture.

Stir in cranberries and walnuts until evenly distributed.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.  Cookies should be spaced at least 2 inches apart.

Bake 12-14 minutes until the edges are golden.  Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

For the glaze:

Into a small bowl, add confectioners’ sugar, orange juice, and orange zest. Stir until well combined.

Drizzle glaze over the tops of cooled cookies. Let stand until set.

Vegan Cranberry Orange Cookies - Perfectly soft with just the right combination of citrusy, sweet, and tart, these easy-to-make vegan cranberry orange cookies make a tasty addition your holiday dessert table!

Can I substitute the walnuts for a different type of nut?

Sure! I think pecans, pistachios or macadamia nuts would also work well.

Can I omit the nuts altogether?

Absolutely! Just increase the amount of cranberries by 1/2 cup and you’re all set.

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Vegan Cranberry Orange Cookies - Perfectly soft with just the right combination of citrusy, sweet, and tart, these easy-to-make vegan cranberry orange cookies make a tasty addition your holiday dessert table!

Vegan Cranberry Orange Cookies - Perfectly soft with just the right combination of citrusy, sweet, and tart, these easy-to-make vegan cranberry orange cookies make a tasty addition your holiday dessert table!

Vegan Cranberry and Orange Cookies

Perfectly soft with a blend of citrus, sweet, and tart. These easy vegan cranberry orange cookies are a festive addition to your holiday dessert table!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: holiday
Author: Holly Gray
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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed meal
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons water
  • 1 cup vegan butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 cups fresh cranberries finely chopped
  • 1/2  cup walnuts chopped
  • For the glaze:
  • 1 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon orange zest finely chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Into a small bowl, add ground flaxseed and water. Whisk to combine and set aside.
  • Into a large mixing bowl, add butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Use a stand or hand mixer on medium speed to cream ingredients together. 
  • Add the flaxseed/water mixture, orange zest, and orange juice. Continue mixing until well blended.
  • Into a medium size mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine then add to the butter/sugar mixture. 
  • Stir in cranberries and walnuts until evenly distributed.
  • Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.  Cookies should be spaced at least 2 inches apart.
  • Bake 12-14 minutes until the edges are golden.  Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
  • For the glaze:
  • Into a small bowl, add confectioners' sugar, orange juice, and orange zest. Stir until well combined.
  • Drizzle glaze over the tops of cooled cookies. Let stand until set.
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  1. Meryl

    August 8, 2021 at 3:34 pm

    5 stars
    These are the best! Thanks for the recipe!!

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  2. Trisha

    March 18, 2022 at 6:08 am

    5 stars
    I made these tonight and they’re so good! Only problem with that is that I can’t stop eating them lol. Thank you for the recipe! It came in super handy for our last minute craving for cookies, and we were in the mood for something different 🙂

    *I did make a few changes for mine, in case it is useful for anyone else. I only had dried cranberries and not quite enough, so I cut up the ones I had so they would disperse in the batter more. I was out of walnuts and I had some macadamia nuts I’d been meaning to use, so I swapped those (which turned out so good!) – I also did a little more than the recipe called for to try to make up for the smaller amount of cranberries. I subbed one cup of the all purpose flour for whole wheat flour. I subbed half the butter for unsweetened applesauce. And I was out of brown sugar so I used organic cane sugar for both the granulated sugar and brown sugar in the recipe (though just 1 1/3 cups since I was using the applesauce). I also doubled the orange juice cause I really like the orange flavor and used 1/2 tsp orange extract and 1 tsp vanilla extract as well.

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  3. Radmila Dolokhanova

    December 2, 2023 at 2:20 pm

    Hi! Can we use GF flour? Thanks:)

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    • thiswifecooks

      December 2, 2023 at 3:10 pm

      Hi Radmila ~ I have not made these cookies with gluten-free flour so I can’t say for sure but don’t see why it shouldn’t work just fine.😊

  4. Liz Wise

    December 16, 2023 at 10:09 pm

    5 stars
    My new favorite holiday cookie! Absolutely delicious. Unlike some other commenters, I found the orange flavor very nice. I did use a very “packed” teaspoon for the zest!

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    • thiswifecooks

      December 19, 2023 at 12:51 pm

      I love the orange flavor too! Thanks, Liz!😊

  5. Carol Ripley

    November 9, 2024 at 4:18 am

    I would like to make these for my Vegan friend. She DOES eat eggs. Can I use eggs in place of the flaxseed? If so, how many?
    Thank You.

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    • thiswifecooks

      November 9, 2024 at 11:50 am

      Hi Carol ~ Yes! For this recipe, 1 tablespoon of flaxseed + 2.5 tablespoons of water replaces 1 egg.

  6. Carol Ripley

    November 9, 2024 at 6:43 pm

    Thank You for the quick response. I can’t wait to bake them!

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