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Sweet, simple, and delicious, Double Strawberry Sugar Cookies. Soft and chewy strawberry cookies with both strawberry jam and dried strawberries for double the strawberry flavor. Each light pink berry-filled cookie is lightly iced with a cream cheese strawberry icing. These cookies do not disappoint. Each sweet bite is perfectly chewy, layered with fresh berries, and topped with a deliciously creamy icing – so good!
It’s strawberry cookie day here at HBH today!! It’s a good ole’ happy kind of day! I know that’s a little cheesy, but just looking at these light pink cookies makes me a little happier. They’re so fun!
I’ve been looking forward to writing and sharing these cookies since I made them last week. I love them, they’re easy, cute, soft, chewy, and oh-so-yummy. Plus, they’re fun for springtime and Easter too!
My energy is obviously up today and I blame these cookies. It’s not all the time that recipes turn out naturally cute without any added effort! So we just love that!
Just like last year, and the year before, March brings me some much-needed inspiration recipe-wise. It’s the start of spring. We have St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, and then Easter and Mother’s Day too.
All are fun events that center around food! With spring coming up, strawberry is at the top of my mind. I LOVED my strawberry cupcakes from last year so much, I wondered how I could turn the flavors into a cookie.
My very first attempt at these worked beautifully. That almost never happens ya’ll. Again, we ALL really love these cookies, and I’m pretty sure you’ll love them too. Plus hopefully, you’ll also have fun making them!
Details, details
I knew I wanted these to be easy, but also to have incredible strawberry flavor – and REAL strawberry flavor. So many strawberry desserts have everything but real strawberries.
Like my cupcakes, I used strawberry jam and freeze-dried strawberries in these cookies. The first step is to blend the dried strawberries into a fine powder. You can do this in a food processor or blender. You’ll use the strawberry powder in both the cookies and the icing.
The rest is so simple. If you’ve made a basic cookie, you’ve got these covered.
Beat the butter with sugar, then drop in an egg and some vanilla extract. Next, mix in the flour, baking soda, some of that strawberry powder, and a little salt too. Next, add in high-quality strawberry jam. I like to use a thick jam, which I would recommend you use as well. The one I used was sent to me (sorry, I forget the name!). I love that it has no added sugars, just strawberry puree (I’ll try to figure out the name).
Mix, mix, mix and you have strawberry sugar cookie dough. Nothing to it.
Bake them into drop cookies, which means you simply scoop, drop, and bake.
For the icing, mix cream cheese with sweet sugar, more of that strawberry powder, and vanilla.
You don’t have to make the icing, the cookies are wonderful on their own. But the icing makes these cookies REALLY good. I definitely recommend it.
Lightly dip the cookies into the icing and now you’re totally done. Well, I also recommend decorating with a sprinkle of strawberry powder.
So freaking cute and fun! Perfect cookies to bake for both spring and summer, and especially for upcoming Easter and Mother’s Day. They’re pretty hard not to love!
Looking for other spring strawberry recipes? Here are some favorites:
Iced Strawberry Milk Matcha Latte
Strawberry Chamomile Naked Cake
Lemon Strawberry Dutch Baby with Ricotta Cream
Lastly, if you make these Double Strawberry Sugar Cookies, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Double Strawberry Sugar Cookies
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories Per Serving: 302 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 3 cups freeze dried strawberries
- 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/3 cup high-quality strawberry jam
Icing
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup hot milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1. In a blender or food processor, process the freeze-dried strawberries into a fine powder.2. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.3. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla until combined. Beat in the egg. Add the flour, baking soda, 1/4 cup strawberry powder (save the remainder for the frosting), and salt. Beat in the strawberry jam. 4. Roll the dough into rounded tablespoon size balls and place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes. Remove from the oven, rotate, and tap the baking sheet on the counter 1 time to flatten. Bake another 2-3 minutes or until the cookies are just beginning to set on the edges. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet. They will continue to cook slightly as they sit on the baking sheet.5. To make the icing, mix all ingredients in a bowl with 3-4 tablespoons strawberry powder. Add additional milk to thin, as needed.6. If desired, dip each cookie in the icing. Let set or enjoy! These are wonderful – iced or not! Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
The cookies had a lovely, pronounced strawberry flavor – even without the glaze. Unfortunately, they spread A LOT and became very thin. I chilled the dough overnight which made handling the dough easier, but it did not prevent the spreading. If I make the cookies again, any thoughts on how to improve the structure? More flour??
Hey JJ,
Thanks a lot for trying these cookies and sharing your feedback! So sorry to hear the chilling did not work for you, next time, try adding 1/4 cup of flour. I hope this helps! xT
My store didn’t have dried strawberries so I used dried raspberries and my homemade raspberry jam. So good!!! I made them bite-sized and they turned out perfect! I will be making them again soon!
Hey Rebecca,
So glad to hear that these turned out well for you using raspberries! Thanks so much for making this recipe! xT
As expensive as freeze dried strawberries are, who can afford to make these. Over $3 an ounce and the recipe calls for 24 ozs. Am I figuring something wrong?
Hi John,
You are not measuring these by ounce, just by cups. You will need 3 cups which should be no more than two of the $7 bags that are linked. Please let me know if I can help in any other way! xx
Hello – the recipe calls for 3c freeze dried strawberries, but the linked item is a 2oz bag. Is that the correct quantity?
Thanks!
Hi Andi,
You might need 2 of those bags, but nothing more than that:) I hope you love this recipe! xT
I made these tonight and the flavor is so incredibly delicious! 🤤 I didn’t have any issues with needing to chill the dough and the baked cookie was a little sticky but it’s the jam! This recipe is a must-try!
Hey Kristin,
Love this!! Thanks a lot for trying this recipe and your feedback! So glad it was enjoyed:) Xx
I replaced the freeze-dried strawberries with freeze-dried raspberries and strawberry jam with raspberry jam. These were excellent. I did find that the recipe made more than the 20 cookies, and the scoops still seemed bigger than directed. I made 24, but probably could have done a few more, even. Very strong berry flavour!
Hi Becca,
Amazing! Love that you used raspberries with this recipe:) Thanks for giving the cookies a try! xT
Delicious but batter was wayyy too sticky, even when following directions. Just added more flour and came out perfect! I also sprinkled a little extra strawberrries on the top after baking for prettiness. Tysm for another amazing recipe
Hi there,
Happy Monday! Thanks a lot for giving this recipe a go and your comment! Love to hear that it turned out well:)
Made these for a friend’s birthday.
I did find that when baking in my metal roasting pan vs my baking sheets, the cookies did seem to hold their edges a little bit more and stayed a little bit thicker (I have a small kitchen with little storage, so I had to use what I have room for).
Hi Josh,
Happy Sunday! Thanks a bunch for trying these cookies and sharing what worked well for you, so glad to hear they were enjoyed! xT
I made two batches, one where I cooled the dough and one where I did not. Cooling the dough is ESSENTIAL! I really think this should be added to the directions! It completely falls apart without this step!,
Hi Martha,
Thanks so much for trying these cookies and your feedback! So glad to hear that chilling the dough really worked nicely for you! Have a great Sunday! xT
These were delicious. I ended up chilling mine first. Planning to make the icing today and bring to a party. They didn’t have the wrinkles like your cookies did, but I’m definitely going to add this to my cookie rotation. Thanks!
Hi Valerie,
Wonderful!! I love to hear that these cookies turned out nicely for you, thanks for making them! xT
Mine also flattened without taking the out of the oven. The dough is very wet. May try adding extra flour next time. They taste great, they just don’t look like the photo.
Hi Anna,
Thanks for trying these cookies, so glad they are yummy! I would try adding 1/4 cup flour next time or chilling your dough before baking the cookies. I hope this helps! xT
Not sure what went wrong but my cookies spread like crazy, they were already flat at 8 min, and they don’t look anything like the pictures. I followed the directions verbatim.
Hi Lucy,
I’m so sorry to hear that you had some issues with the cookies. My guess is your dough just needed to chill in the fridge for a bit! How did they taste? Let me know how I can help! xT
Hi! I’m hoping to make these, I was only able to find freeze dried strawberry powered – how much powder should I use?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Rebecca-Jo,
You are going to use 1/4 cup of the powder in step 3 and 3-4 tablespoons of powder in step 4. Please let me know if I can help in any other way! xT
So you spent $87.50 in strawberries alone? Make it make sense!
Hi Candy,
So sorry, I am not sure what you are referring to, I did not spend $87.50 on strawberries for one recipe:) You should get 3 cups out of the bag that is linked, if not, you might need 1 additional bag, but certainly nothing more than that. Please let me know if I can help in any other way! xx
They sell freeze dried strawberries at Trader Joe’s for under 5 dollars a bag
If you have a Trader Joe’s
These did not turn out, there is too much butter and chilling does not help contain the spread. Not sure why chilling isn’t included in the directions since it is mentioned in all the responses? Anyway this was a waste of expensive ingredients sadly, do not recommend.
Hi Haley,
Sorry to hear you did not enjoy these cookies. The chilling is not part of the instructions because it is not something that I needed to do. But, because everyone’s kitchens are different, it could help those who experienced too much spreading. If there is something else that I can help with please let me know! xx