This is what happens when you buy a bunch of grapefruit that you never eat and rather than throw them out you experiment with turning them into something yummy before they spoil.

1/2 cup margarine

5.75 oz sugar (about 3/4 cups)

1/4 cup grapefruit juice

1 tsp vanilla

1Tbsp ground flax seed mixed with 2 Tbsp water

9.3 oz flour (about 2 cup)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

zest of one grapefruit

1/2 cup dried cranberries

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

In the bowl of a stand mixer (if you don't have one of these godsends then use a large bowl and a hand mixer like a savage) combine the margarine and sugar and cream together until smooth. 

Combine the water and flax seed and let it sit for a minute or so to let the flax seed to gel up a bit to make a flax egg.

Add the grapefruit juice, vanilla and flax egg to the mixture and blend until well combined.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. 

Add the dry ingredients to the wet in 1/2 cup increments and mix until just combined. 

Finally stir in the grapefruit zest and dried cranberries until just combined.

Using a 1oz cookie scoop, scoop out nice round balls of dough and place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and then press each ball down slightly to flatten the cookie a bit (I just use the palm of my hand after I dampen it a bit). Space the cookies about 2 inches apart (they won't spread much when baked).

Bake for about 12 minutes and remove when the bottoms of the cookies are just starting to turn golden.

Remove from the cookie sheet and allow them to cool on a rack completely.

Nutritional information: Per cookie 70 cal., 3.3g fat, .75 g protein