Fall Cookies

I found this delicious recipe on The Kitchn and just needed to share!!

Cranberry Honey Drop Cookies

Adapted from The Household Searchlight Cookbook, 1931-1946

Makes about 24 cookies

1 cup dried cranberries

3/4 cup honey

1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 egg, beaten

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 3/4 + 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon table salt

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Put the cranberries in a small bowl and cover them with very hot or boiling water. Let them sit and plump while you prepare the rest of the dough.

In a medium-sized mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the honey and the softened butter. Mix in the egg and the spices. In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 3/4 cup of the flour, the baking soda, and the salt. Gently stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, stirring just until no more flour is visible.

Drain the cranberries. In the bowl used for the dry ingredients, toss the cranberries with 1/4 cup of flour. Fold the cranberries into the cookie dough. The dough will be fairly wet and very smooth.

Drop tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto a cookie sheet, spaced about 2 inches apart. The cookies will spread a little during baking. Bake 9-13 minutes, until the edges are turning golden. let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

And of course, everything is better with chocolate. If desired, melt a handful of dark chocolate and drizzle it over the cooled cookies.