Coconut Cranberry Yummies
When my husband came home from the grocery store with six bags of fresh cranberries, I launched a full scale effort to creatively use them all. Bursting with tart cranberry and sweet coconut flavor, these tasty bites are my favorite result from that experiment. 60 ServingsPrep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
Ingredients
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 package (14 ounces) flaked coconut
- 1 cup white baking chips
- 1/4 cup ground almonds
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries
- 2 to 4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
Directions
- In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Stir
- in cranberries.
- Drop by tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto parchment paper-lined baking
- sheets; gently shape into mounds.
- Bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly
- browned. Cool for 3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks
- to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 5 dozen.
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Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 74 calories, 4 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 3 mg cholesterol, 28 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.