Cran-bear-y Bread Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 1 cup cranberries fresh
• 1.5 cups cranberries fresh chopped
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 
• 2 large eggs 
• 3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.3 cup orange juice fresh
• 2 tablespoons orange rind grated
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup shortening 
• 2.5 cups sugar divided
• 1.5 cups walnuts chopped

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Beat 1/2 cup shortening and 1/2 cup butter at low speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; add 1 1/2 cups sugar, beating until blended.
2. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
3. Stir together flour and next 6 ingredients; add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at medium speed until blended.
4. Add orange juice, beating until blended. Cover and chill 8 hours.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll balls in remaining 1 cup of sugar. (Dampen hands with water if dough is sticky.)
6. Place on greased baking sheets. Press 1 fresh cranberry into top of each cookie ball.
7. Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes or just until edges begin to brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute.
8. Remove to wire racks to cool.