These Strawberry Easter Cookies are a fun change from a traditional cut out sugar cookie. Made from real strawberries, their bright, fresh flavor will bring visions of spring to your mind. Plus, they’re pink and who doesn’t love that!
Can you believe that Easter is this Sunday? I sure can’t. This time in quarantine is really messing with my mind. Most days I have no idea what day of the week it is. But hey, at least I’m wearing pants without an elastic waistband today. Easter is always a time of reflection and rejoicing for me. As I’m reminded of the incredible sacrifice Jesus made for our sins, I reflect on all the many blessing I have in my life. So despite being stuck at home, I can’t help but be thankful to be able to spend more time with my family.
Easter Traditions
My favorite Easter tradition is making sugar cookies. I have a ton of cute spring-themed cookie cutters that I whip out every year. Some of my favorites are this flower set and this Easter animal set. Normally I go with my No-Spread Sugar Cookie recipe but this year I decided to go a little wild and experiment with strawberry. Y’all, these are delicious. It’s like strawberry cake but in cookie form.
Using a Fun Amazon Find
About a month ago I bought these freeze dried strawberries on Amazon because they sounded fun. I figured that I could come up with a way to use them for the blog. These strawberry cookies were the perfect excuse to try them out. I wanted a real strawberry flavor without adding too much liquid. Since I didn’t want chunks of freeze dried fruit in the cookies, I decided to grind them up in my food processor. Note to self, cover it with a towel next time to stop the pretty pink cloud of powder!
How I Made These Strawberry Easter Cookies
Alright, let’s get down to the good stuff! How did I make these bad boys? After I got the freeze dried strawberries ground up to a powder, I put all of the dry ingredients in a bowl and set those aside. Next, I creamed the butter and sugar together until they were light and fluffy. Then I just dumped the rest of the wet ingredients in with the butter and sugar and blended that until it was well combined. When that was all blended I mixed in the dry ingredients 1/3 at a time until all of the flour is incorporated.
At this point I tasted the dough to make sure that I could taste the strawberry in it. It was there but I felt like it needed more. Luckily I had some frozen strawberries in my freezer so I dumped about 1/2 cup into a saucepan and heated them until they were no longer frozen and I could smoosh them up with a wooden spoon. I let that cool for little bit then added it and a couple drops of pink food coloring to the dough. I gave it one more taste and it was perfect! Finally, I chilled the dough for about 30 minutes in the fridge then cut it out with this cute egg shaped cookie cutter.
If you haven’t guessed by now, I love decorating cookies. This blog is only 4 months old and this is the third decorated sugar cookie recipe I’ve shared. It’s just so much fun to stretch my creative muscles and play with different colors and designs. I love it! Now it’s your turn. Go have fun making your own eggs! Give your kids a piping bag and let them go crazy! I hope you enjoy them!
Strawberry Easter Cookies
Made with real strawberries, these Strawberry Easter Cookies are bright, fresh and full of fruit flavor.
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3 cups flour
- 1 bag freeze dried strawberries, ground up
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 frozen strawberries
- 1-2 drops of pink food coloring, optional
Royal Icing
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp merengue powder
- 5 tbsp water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
Instructions
Cookies
In a sauce pan, heat up frozen strawberries until heated through. Smoosh them up with a wooden spoon and set aside to cool.
Grind up the freeze dried strawberries to a powder in a food processor.
Combine the flour, strawberry powder, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla, cooked strawberries and food coloring. Blend until well combined.
Add in the dry mixture 1/3 at a time untill all of the flour is incorporated. Form into 2 discs, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350°. Line cookie sheet with a baking mat or parchment paper.
Roll out chilled dough onto a floured surface. Cutter with desired cookie cutters. Place on lined cookie sheet and bake for 13 minutes or until the bottoms are slightly golden. Cool completely before decorating with royal icing.
Royal Icing
Place all of the ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix until you get stiff peaks.
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