Don’t you just love when summer rolls around and berries are plentiful? Growing up we use to go to the strawberry patch every Saturday to pick up a flat of berries. My mom would bring them home and we’d make pancakes topped with strawberries, bananas and whipped cream. The remaining strawberries would get gobbled up over the next several days, ok, more like hours. Well, the other day I was at the store and they had a 2lb. box on sale. Normally I’d shy away from buying so many, they just seem to ripen so fast, faster than we can eat them. But since I’ve been wanting to snack on them lately, I decided to go for it. Instead of freezing some of them, I used the excess berries to make shortcake cookies. They’ve got a nice sweet buttery flavor but you still get a mouthful of berry in each bite.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (8 oz) fresh strawberries - hulled and sliced
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter - cold
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 Tbsp sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a medium size mixing bowl, combine sliced strawberries, 1 tbsp. sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest. Gently mix together with a spoon.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar. Using the whisk attachment, on low speed, mix until combined. Cube cold butter and slowly add to the mixture. Mix until ingredients turn into coarse crumbs. Remove bowl from stand. Combine vanilla and cream in a liquid measuring cup. Pour into dry ingredients, stir in (don’t worry if it looks really dry, it will moisten up when you add the berries). Gently fold in strawberry mixture.
- Scoop onto prepared baking sheets. Sprinkle tops with sanding sugar. Place into oven and bake for 24-26 minutes or until the tops begin to turn golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool on pan for 3-5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 109kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 185IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg
Adapted from Always With Butter, Shortcake Cookies
These look amazingly tasty! Putting on my short list of must bake!
Your cookies look absolutely amazing!
They look pretty and yummy!
gorgeous and delicious!
Thanks so much for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/bright-ideas-for-summer/ Have a fabulous rest of the weekend!
Thank you so much!
I have some strawberries in my fridge that are now calling my name!
You’re going to love these!
Wow! These looks and sounds amazing. I love strawberry shortcake so a cookie with all those flavors has to be delicious.
Thanks so much for linking up to the Pinworthy Projects party!
Wow, these really do look pretty and delish! I so am going to be making these! So glad you decided to share your creative inspiration over at Sunday’s Best. PS – now following you on Facebook!
Featuring your cookies on my Facebook page!!!!
Cathy, thank you for the feature!