Overstuffed Cranberry, Nut and Orange Cookies from Mrs. Witty's Monster Cookies by Helen Witty

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter or margarine, at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1½ teaspoons finely grated orange rind (colored outer layer only, no pith)
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1½ teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• Orange juice, if needed
• ⅔ cup whole-berry cranberry sauce, homemade or canned
• ⅓ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind (colored outer layer only, no pith)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract