Cranberry Almond Wedges

Cranberry almond cookie wedges are cranberry sugar cookies topped with a sliced almonds. Eat as a snack or as a dessert and great bake for the holidays.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Bake Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings Wedges

Calories 56kcal

Author Usha Rao

Equipment

Hand Mixer
Mixing Bowl
2 8 ½” Round Cake Pans
Aluminum Foil

Ingredients

½ cup or 1 Stick Butter at room temperature
1 17 ½ oz. Sugar Cookie Mix (I used Betty Crocker mix)
¼ tsp. Almond Extract
1 Egg Optional and I added by mistake.
1 cup Dried Cranberries
1 tbsp. Milk
¾ cup blanched sliced Almonds
1 ½ tbsp. Granulated Sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven 350 F.
Line two 8 ½” round cake pans with an aluminum foil, extending it over the pan edges.
Soften butter in a large bowl using a handheld mixer. If butter is not at room temperature, microwave butter for 15 seconds and then softened butter.
Add sugar cookie mix and almond extract to butter and continue to mix until dough is crumbly.
Add egg and mix. As I mentioned above, I added the egg by mistake and can be skipped. If not using the egg, the dough should be crumbly.
Add cranberries and stir well.
Divide the dough into two and place it in two pans. Press dough firmly into bottom of each pan.
Brush lightly with milk.
Sprinkle almonds on top of each pan.
Sprinkle sugar on top of almonds.
Bake in a preheated oven for 18 – 20 minutes until centers are set, top and sides are lightly brown. I baked for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool cake pans on a cooling rack. Let the pans cool completely. This will take at least 30 – 45 minutes are even longer.
Using the edges of the foil lift the cookie cake from the pans and cut each cookie cake into 16 wedges. Make sure the cookie cakes cool completely before cutting.
Store in an airtight container and if layering them, place a wax paper between the wedges.

Notes

I added an egg by mistake and was afraid I might have to bake the wedges again. But luckily wedges turned out pretty good. When I pulled out the cookie cakes from the oven after 20 minutes of baking, the center of the cake was soft, just like how the cookies are. But as the cakes cooled completely, the center hardened and turned out perfect.
Cut the cakes only after they cool completely. I cut one cake while it was still warm and it was a bit difficult to cut the cake into 16 wedges. The second cake I cut after it completely cooled and it was easy to cut the wedges.
Oven temperatures vary from oven to oven. Check the cakes sooner than the bake time to avoid burning and some ovens might require longer baking.
Nutrition - Values listed are approximate.

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