Spiced Cranberry-Orange Zingers Recipe | Say Mmm

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup picked-over fresh (or defrosted) cranberries, washed and patted dry
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest (colored part of the skin only)
• Scant 1 teaspoon ground cardamom (may substitute 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, slightly softened yet still cool, cut into chunks
• 2 1/3 cups flour, plus more as needed
• 3 tablespoons defrosted orange juice concentrate
• Coarse crystal sugar, turbinado sugar or granulated sugar, or about 1/4 cup finely chopped pistachio nuts or almonds for garnish (optional)
• 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons defrosted orange juice concentrate, plus more as needed
• 1/8 teaspoon finely grated orange zest (no pith)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, very soft but not melted