Cranberry Walnut Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 0.75 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 0.5 cups butter , softened
• 0.25 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons baking soda
• 2.5 cups cranberries , halved
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.25 cups confectioners' sugar for dusting , or as needed

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

2. 2

   Cream white sugar, brown sugar, and butter together in a large mixing bowl. Beat milk, orange juice, and egg into the creamed mixture.

3. 3

   Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda together in a separate bowl; blend into the wet ingredients in the mixing bowl to form a cookie dough. Stir cranberries and walnuts into the dough.

4. 4

   Drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet by the teaspoonful.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle confectioners' sugar over the cookies to serve.