Fresh Strawberry Cookie Recipe
This easy strawberry cookie recipe lets the flavor of garden fresh strawberries shine. A great way to enjoy your garden harvest.
Ingredients
- 1 cup crisco vegetable shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pint of fresh strawberries ~ 1 cup
- 2 tablespoons dusting sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Trim and chop the strawberries into small pieces
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together.
- In a separate bowl combine the vegetable shortening, sugar and mix well.
- Add the eggs to the sugar mixture one at a time mixing well.
- Add the vanilla and mix well.
- Add the flour mixture about 1/3 at time to combine with the sugar and shortening.
- Gently fold in the strawberries by lifting and turning over the dough without smashing the berries too much.
- Place large dollops of the dough on a baking sheet and place in the oven for 11 minutes or until browned.
- Remove cookies and sprinkle dusting sugar over top.
- Cool and enjoy
Notes
You can use other berries or fresh fruit with some body such as peaches in this recipe.
You may want to bake the cookies for half the time on the bottom rack and then move them to the top rack for a more thorough cook.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 86kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 2gFat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 91mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10g
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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