Strawberry Sugar Cookies
These soft Strawberry Sugar Cookies are tender and packed with vibrant fruity flavor, thanks to real strawberries. A guaranteed crowd-pleaser, they’re the perfect balance of sweetness and freshness.
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Equipment
- mixing bowls
- mixer with whisk attachment or paddle attachment
- parchment paper
- 2 tablespoon cookie scoop
- kitchen scale optional but recommended
- food processor or rolling pin
Ingredients
Strawberry Sugar Cookie Dough
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup freeze dried strawberries, whole or 3-4 tablespoons of freeze dried strawberry powder
- 1 ea large egg, room temperature
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- red food coloring, optional
Strawberry Sugar Coating
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup freeze dried strawberries, whole or 2 tablespoons of freeze dried strawberry powder
Instructions
- Place whole freeze dried strawberries into food process to grind down into powder. Or place in ziplock bag and use rolling pin to crush into powder.
- Combine butter, sugars, vanilla and powdered freeze dried strawberries into bowl (reserve ¼ cup of freeze dried strawberries for sugar mixture, or about 2 tablespoons). Whisk until well combined, about 2 minutes.
- Add egg and whisk until well combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and fine sea salt. Whisk to combine well.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and whisk until well combined, about 1-2 minutes. Scrape down bowl with rubber spatula.
- Use a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop out dough and place on baking sheet fitted with parchment paper. Place 5-6 cookies on baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes, or until light browned along bottom edges. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before coating in strawberry sugar mixture.
- Combine left over powdered freeze dried strawberries and sugar in a bowl. Coat cookie on the top and bottom in strawberry sugar mixture until well coated.
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Notes
Use food processor or rolling pin to grind down freeze dried strawberries. Prepare it just as you are ready to add to the dough.
Use a kitchen scale to ensure accurate measuring of ingredients. This will help reduce chance of error in recreating this recipe.
If you do not have a kitchen scale, then spoon and level your flour to ensure you are not adding too much.
Make sure your butter is softened before beginning
Do not use real strawberries, dried strawberries or strawberry jam. This will affect the structure of the cookie. Use freeze dried strawberry, powder or whole, only.
