Cookies, cookies & more cookies ! CNY 2010

Busy, busy, baking, baking, filling, filling, jar after jar of...... deliciously sinful once-a year total indulgence of Chinese New Year cookies! 

This year's booty includes my signature Butter-licious!, Almond Shortbread, Cornflake Crunchies, Melting Moments, Almond Joy, Nutty Cookies.....guess that's all I could handle this time round (that's more than my tummy can handle though...!) 

 All too soon, CNY will be over and we can then look forward to next year's baking....and feasting!!

Cranberry Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies

It's been ages since I last baked shortbread cookies. It would be a nice change from the usual crunchy/chewy cookies I have been baking. Shortbread is full of butter, and yeah, lots of butter goes into each little cookie. Sounds sinful but heck, what's life is you don't "sin" once in a while :p I found the sweet chocolate chips nicely balanced out the taste of the slightly tart dried cranberries.

It was a nice change and the cranberries added a new texture to the moist, buttery cookie. Hubby wasn't too keen on the cranberries hidden in each cookie, but having said that, he personally isn't a fan of dried fruits, be it raisins or sultanas or cranberries. I guess it's a personal preference. Hmmm...but somehow, the cookies still disappeared pretty quickly into his tummy :o hahaha...