chewy strawberry sugar cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons strawberry puree
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon red colored sugar (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• beat 1 1/2 cups white sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 3 minutes. beat egg into butter mixture. add strawberry puree.
• stir flour, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt into strawberry mixture with a spoon until flour is completely incorporated into dough.
• stir 1/2 cup white sugar and red sugar together in a shallow bowl.
• roll dough into walnut-sized balls, roll each ball in red sugar mixture, and place each ball 1 1/2 inches apart prepared baking sheets. lightly press each dough ball down to flatten.
• bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. cool.