Christmas Recipe: Cranberry Florentine Cookie

Happy Holidays! Wanting to share something sweet with your loved ones? Try our Cranberry Florentine Cookies. Recipe below!

Makes: 1 Qt makes 125 Cookies

½ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
6 oz margarine
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup whole wheat flour
¼ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
½ tsp. baking soda
½ cup wheat germ
½ cup white chocolate chunks
½ cup chopped dried cranberries
¼ cup chopped peppermint candy
½ cup sweetened coconut shreds

Cream brown sugar, white sugar and margarine until very fluffy in mixer
Add egg and vanilla mixture until mixed in
Sift together in bowl all dry ingredients and add to the wet mixture
Scrape down the bowl and add wheat germ, white chocolate chunks, shredded coconut and dried cranberries
Scoop a full teaspoon of mixture onto parchment lined sheet pan. Flatten mixture with fingers to thin it out.
Bake at 375ºF in convection oven for approximately 5 minutes
Half way through cooking sprinkle peppermint candy on top of each cookie
Once cooled place in an air tight container to keep them crisp

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