Strawberry Sugar Cookies

🍓Strawberry Sugar Cookies🍓

Sparkling Strawberry Sugar and simply bursting with fresh, sweet summery strawberry flavor and color! If you’re looking for an easy recipe for scrumptious, buttery cookies with crinkly tops, crisp edges, soft and chewy centers, then this ones for you!

*Ingredients:

~1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (softened)

~2 large eggs (room temperature)

~3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour

~2 Tablespoons cornstarch

~2 teaspoons baking powder

~1 teaspoon baking soda

~2 teaspoons cream of tartar

~½ teaspoon salt

~1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar

~6 Tablespoons (36g) freeze dried strawberry powder

~1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

~1 teaspoon pure strawberry extract

(Amoretti Artisan Natural Wild Strawberry or Cooks)

~1/2 teaspoon red gel food coloring

*SPARKLING STRAWBERRY SUGAR:

~1/2 cup white or red sparkling sugar (sanding sugar)

~1 Tablespoon freeze dried strawberry powder

*THE PROCESS:

~Remove butter and eggs from refrigerator.

~PREPARE FREEZE-DRIED STRAWBERRY POWDER: Blend or process the strawberries in a high speed blender or spice grinder until they become a fine powder. Mix together with the sugar. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry location until ready to use.

~PREPARE SPARKLING STRAWBERRY SUGAR: Stir together freeze-dried fruit powder with sparkling sugar (2 tablespoons of fruit powder for every 1/2 cup of sparkling sugar). Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place until ready to use.

~Preheat oven to 350℉. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.

~PREPARE COOKIE DOUGH: In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

Add the eggs, one at a time, and blend well with each addition.

~Add vanilla extract, strawberry extract and red gel food coloring and mix until well blended.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt and strawberry fruit powder until well blended.

~Add the flour mixture and blend on low speed just until mixed – DO NOT OVERMIX! This will keep your cookies soft and tender.

~Chill cookie dough for at leas2 hours and up to overnight.

~Place Sparkling Strawberry Sugar in a small bowl.

Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop into 30 cookie dough balls. Roll each piece of dough into a ball in the palms of your hands, and then roll in Sparkling Strawberry Sugar until evenly coated; place each sugared cookie ball onto prepared cookie sheets, at least 2-inches apart.

~Bake the cookies in pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes, or until the tops are just beginning to set.

Remove pans from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

~Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

This makes 30 cookies!

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