Scrappies!

Are you part of your local grocery store's coupon program or app?  If not, join!  Trader Joe's is the primary place where I shop and unfortunately they don't have a discount program; however, almost all of the other places do!  My favorite one is VON'S.  This past week they sent me a coupon for a FREE (no strings attached!) Pillsbury Pie Crust!  I was thrilled to make some "Scrappies" without having to go through the trouble of making a pie! You're probably thinking to yourself, "What's a scrappy?"  Well, it's a cute little name for a delicious treat that uses the scraps of leftover pie crust from your favorite pie!  

The best part about these cookies is that you have so much freedom to customize them and make them the perfect fit for your family!

Today, I'm showing you how to make Cranberry Scrappies!

Ingredients

For Cookies

Pie Crust (leftover scraps or 1 package of Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust, room temperature)

1/2 cup dried cranberries

zest of 1/2 a lemon

For Glaze

1 cup powdered sugar

juice of 1 lemon

zest of 1/2 a lemon

nonpareil sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 425° and line a cookie sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.

Roll out your pie scraps or packaged pie dough.  Sprinkle with dried cranberries and the zest of half a lemon.  Top with remaining pie dough (or rolled pie scraps).  Roll with rolling pin to make sure that the cranberries and zest are nice and secure in the dough.  Cut into desired shapes. Place on your prepared baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown.  Transfer to wire rack and let cool.

Meanwhile, prepare your glaze.  Place 1 cup of powdered sugar into a small bowl.  Add in the juice of 1 lemon and your remaining lemon zest.  Mix well and feel free to add more lemon juice until it becomes your desired consistency.  Drizzle tops of cooled cookies with glaze and quickly top with your nonpareil sprinkles. Enjoy!

Have fun with these cookies!  The possibilities are endless! Cut them into alphabet shapes, stars, hearts, or maybe your kids will beg you to make a triceratops!  

Some variations you can make are:

-Brown sugar and raisins with maple glaze

-Chopped pretzel pieces and mini chocolate chips with chocolate glaze

-White chocolate and dried cranberries with white chocolate glaze

-Shredded coconut with coconut glaze

Source: Inspired by Home Is Where The Boat Is