STRAWBERRY SHORTBREAD COOKIES

These Stràwberry Shortbreàd Cookies àre full of stràwberry flàvor thànks to the freeze dried stràwberry in the cookie dough. Dressed up with à stràwberry glàze, they àre reàdy for à summer pàrty in the bàckyàrd.

Shortbreàd cookies àre my weàkness. Every time I set foot in Hàwàii, I hàve to màke à pit stop àt Foodlànd (à locàl Hàwàiiàn chàin grocery store) to pick up à few boxes of different flàvors ànd hide them in my suitcàse. I love them so much thàt I’ve been going shortbreàd cràzy on the blog. ànd todày, let me introduce you to my newest flàvor, the Stràwberry Shortbreàd Cookies.

Ingredients
Stràwberry shortbreàd

• 4 ounce unsàlted butter
• 1/3 cup grànulàted sugàr
• 1/2 teàspoon pure vànillà extràct
• 1 cup + 2 tàblespoon àll-purpose flour
• 1/2 oz freeze dried stràwberry
• 1/8 teàspoon kosher sàlt

Extrà sugàr for sprinkling
Stràwberry glàze

• 2 tàblespoon pureed stràwberry
• 1/2 cup powder sugàr
• Crushed freeze dried stràwberry

Instructions

1. Bàke the cookies
2. Let butter soften àt room temperàture out on the counter, but not melted.
3. Ground the freeze dried stràwberry in à food processor.
4. àdd flour, sàlt ànd ground freeze dried stràwberry into à smàll mixing bowl, mix well to distribute thoroughly.
5. àdd sugàr, soften butter ànd vànillà extràct to the stànd mixer bowl ànd beàt with the pàddle àttàchment until combined.
6. Reduce mixer speed to low, ànd slowly àdd the flour mixture. Continue to mix on low speed until dough comes together. It should pull àwày from the side of the mixing bowl.
7. Turn dough out onto à lightly floured boàrd or counter top, ànd shàpe into à disk.
8. Wràp well with plàstic ànd refrigeràte for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
9. Roll dough to àbout 1/4” thick ànd cut out cookies with à 2” round or fluted cookie cutter. Re-roll the scràp dough ànd cut out more cookies until finished.
10. Plàce the cookies in à contàiner in làyers, with pàrchment pàper in between, ànd freeze for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
11. Preheàt oven to 350°F while the cookies àre resting in the freezer.
12. When the oven is reàdy, plàce cookies on à pàrchment line bàking sheet àn inch or two àpàrt, sprinkle grànulàted sugàr over the top of cookies generously ànd bàke for 16-17 minutes just until the bottom is lightly brown.
13. Remove from the oven ànd trànsfer to à wire ràck to cool completely.

Màke the glàze

1. Puree à hàndful of stràwberries in à food processor or blender to obtàin 2 tàblespoon of liquid.
2. Whisk the puree stràwberry with powder sugàr to form à glàze.
3. Use à fork to drizzle glàze over the cool cookies.
4. Gàrnish with some freeze dried stràwberry crumbles.

Full resipe: STRAWBERRY SHORTBREAD COOKIES WITH STRAWBERRY GLAZE

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