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 cupunsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup sugar
½ cuppowdered sugar
1tspvanilla extract
½ cupfreeze dried strawberries, wholeor 3-4 tablespoons of freeze dried strawberry powder
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.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Fit baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
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.
Usefood 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 beginningDo 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.
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