Strawberry Sugar Cookies

A wooden board topped with strawberry drop style sugar cookies.

These Strawberry Sugar Cookies are a soft, and chewy sugar cookie bursting with real strawberry flavor in every bite! These cookies add Freeze Dried Strawberry Powder to my favorite Drop Sugar Cookies for a bold, and natural berry taste without any artificial flavors!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cookies, Sugar Cookies

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 20

Servings: cookies

Calories: 142kcal

Ingredients

1 oz freeze dried strawberries
1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 TBS vanilla extract
pink or red food coloring (optional)
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
additional granulated sugar for rolling

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, or silicone liners, and set it aside.
Add freeze-dried strawberries to a food processor or blender and pulse repeatedly until they're ground to a fine powder. Scoop out 1 TBS to save for rolling the cookies in. 1 oz freeze dried strawberries
Add the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl, the flour, the freeze dried strawberry powder minus 1 TBS saved for later, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt
Add the butter and sugar to a large mixing bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer) and beat them together for about 2 minutes, until the mixture is light and creamy. 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 3/4 cup granulated sugar
Add in the egg, vanilla extract, and a couple drops of pink food coloring, and stir them into the mixture until combined. 1 large egg, 1/2 TBS vanilla extract, pink or red food coloring
Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in two increments until combined and stir it all together until you have a nice soft (but not sticky) cookie dough. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl as needed.
Combine the granulated sugar, and remaining freeze dried strawberry powder into a small bowl for rolling the cookies in. additional granulated sugar for rolling
Scoop the dough by 1.5 TBS portions and roll them into balls. Roll the balls in a small bowl full of strawberry granulated sugar. additional granulated sugar for rolling
Place the cookie dough balls at least 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the tops are crinkled and the edges are just lightly golden.
Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.

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