Coconut Cranberry Chews

• 11/2 cupsChallenge Butter, at room temperature (3/4 lb.)
• 2 cupssugar
• 1 Tablespoon grated orange peel
• 2 teaspoonsvanilla
• 1large egg
• 31/4 cupsall-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoonbaking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 11/2 cups dried cranberries
• 11/2 cups sweetened flaked dried coconut

1. Step 1
2. In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 11/2 cups butter, sugar, orange peel, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in egg, until well blended.
3. Step 2
4. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture, stir to mix, then beat on low speed until dough comes together, about 5 minutes (see notes). Mix in cranberries and coconut. Note: The mixture may look dry until it comes together as a dough. If its too crumbly to form into balls, the dough need to be mixed longer; it should be a smooth homogeneous mass.
5. Step 3
6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12" x 15" baking sheets.
7. Step 4
8. Bake in a 350u0b0F regular or convection oven until cookie edges just begin to brown, 11 to 15 minutes (shorter baking time will yield a chewier cookie; longer baking time will yield a crispier cookie). If baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking. Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.

butter, cupssugar, teaspoonsvanilla, egg, flour, teaspoonbaking powder, salt, cranberries, coconut

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/coconut-cranberry-chews-52818371 (may not work)