Cookie Carnival: Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

I am really surprised I found time and energy to make cookies tonight. It's been such a hectic week with my mom. She is definitely getting better - her speech has improved greatly. I still go over there nightly to prepare dinner (unless my sister is there and we work together), get Mom's pills ready for next day, make coffee, hang out. I was very tired tonight and I friend had prepared a casserole. I was able to go over for only 1 1/2 hours and had the rest of the evening to myself. My son is still at camp until Saturday.


I have not participated in Cookie Carnival in months. This month's recipe caught my eye since I absolutely LOVE strawberries. The recipe is from Martha Stewart. It took awhile to cut up the stawberries into little bitty pieces. I ended up digging into the dough to get it all mixed up well. But the end result....Yummy! It's a wonderful soft cookie with lots of flavor.



Ingredients:


12 ounces strawberries, hulled and cut into 1/4 inch pieces {2 cups}
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 Tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2/3 cup heavy cream
Sanding sugar for sprinkling {All I had was regular sugar}


Directions:


1. Preheat oven to 375. Combine strawberries, 2 Tbsp of sugar and lemon juice in a bowl.


2. Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and remaining sugar in a large bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter, or rub it in with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cream until dough starts to come together.


3. Stir in strawberry mixture.


4. Using a 1 1/2 inch ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, drop the dough onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper, about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle with sanding sugar.


5. Bake until golden brown, 24-25 minutes. Cool on wire rack.


Makes about 3 dozen