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Sweet, simple, and delicious, Double Strawberry Sugar Cookies. Soft and chewy strawberry cookies with both strawberry jam and freeze-dried strawberry powder 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!
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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. The pink color is 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.
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter with sugar, then drop in an egg and some vanilla extract. Next, the dry ingredients: 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 use a cookie scoop to scoop, drop, and bake.
For the icing, in a small bowl, 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 place on a wire rack 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
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.
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I was about to make this recipe when I noticed it called for THREE CUPS of freeze dried strawberries. A 1 ounce bag is around $6. So she wants us to spend over $100 on this recipe. Very ridiculous and out of touch.
Hi there,
The freeze dried strawberries are measured in cups, not in ounces. You will need 3 cups, which should be no more than one of the $7 bags that are linked. I did not spend $100 to make cookies:) Please let me know if I can help in any other way! xx
I could not find the link to the strawberries. Could you please send the link to me?
https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/freeze-dried-strawberries-080665
But any freeze dried strawberries from the grocery store will work.
I’ve made these twice now and they’ve come out super flat both times. Super disappointing 🙁
Hi Abbie,
So very sorry to hear this! If you want to try again, I would chill your dough, that should help!
Thanks for choosing to make these cookies!
Help! I don’t have enough salted butter. Can I use unsalted and just add a pinch of salt?
Hey Megan,
You bet, that will work well for you.
I hope you love this recipe!
Quick second question: why would they come so flat and, not at all like yours? What can I adjust?
Hi Maria,
So sorry to hear your cookies were flat. Next time, I would chill your dough before baking, that should help!
Wondering how much power you should have after the processing? I already have powder I can use.
Hi Cathy,
You will use 1/4 cup of strawberry powder in step 3 and 3-4 tablespoons of the powder in step 5.
Please let me know if you have any other questions!
Hello!!
I’d like to be more certain about the amount of dried strawberries being used. It seems like quite a lot to me. Is that the correct quantity?
Hi Claudia,
Yes, all of the measurements are correct. Once blended down to a powder there will be much less:)
Please let me know if I can help in any other way. I hope you love these cookies!
Made these cookies yesterday. Took much longer than recipe to fully cook. Oven is brand new…maybe not calibrated properly? Also no pink. And completely flat. OTHERWISE, DELICIOUS ! Such great fresh strawberry flavor – so bright and inviting for the coming spring. Will try again, but any suggestions?
Hey Maria,
Thank you so much for making these cookies, so glad they were enjoyed! Next time, I would add a drop of red food coloring just to give them that pink coloring. I hope this helps!
The flavor of the cookies was great, but the texture was not great. Once the frosting was put on the cookies, they fell apart easily. The icing also did not set, so storing the cookies was a gooey mess. I just had to be okay with not a perfectly sized cookie and just pieces of it coming off at a time.
Hi Emily,
Thanks so much for trying these cookies and sharing your feedback! So sorry they fell apart for you! You could bake longer next time or skip the frosting.
Terrible. Never rose or got crispy. Waste of time and money
Sorry to hear this Christine. Was there anything you may have adjusted in the recipe? Please let me know how I can help!
I used dehydrated raspberries instead of strawberries, otherwise everything was the same. I checked my baking powder and it was very active. Not sure what else could have happened.
You need to use freeze dried strawberries, not dehydrated:) It’s a big difference:) I hope this helps!
Do you mean 3 tablespoons of strawberry powder, not 3 cups?
Hi Wendy,
It’s not 3 cups of powder, it’s 3 cups of freeze dried strawberries. You are then going to blend them in step 1.
Please let me know if you have any other questions!
These cookies are so pretty! I think Spring! I can’t wait to make them & taste them!! 😋
Thanks so much, Karen! I hope you love these cookies, let me know how they turn out for you!
Hi! Made these cookies and they are delicious, but I’m confused about the strawberry powder addition. It says 3 cups freeze dried strawberries, but then do you really only add 1/4 cup powdered strawberry to the cookie mix? Our dough wasn’t firm enough to roll and the cookies didn’t come out pink like yours. Also we had quite a bit of leftover strawberry powder after making the frosting! Just want to make sure we did it correctly! Thanks so much:)
Hey Tara,
Thanks so much for making these cookies, so glad to hear they were yummy!
Yes, the measurements are correct, once the strawberries are blended down it comes out to be much less than 3 cups:)
These are the best cookies I’ve ever made and every time I bring them to parties and work they are a HUGE hit!
Hey Abby,
Awesome! I appreciate you making this recipe and your comment, so glad it was enjoyed!
Have a great Sunday!
Wish I read all the comments before. Definitely needs more flour. Not sure but this recipe does NOT work. I made the balls super small and made like a crisp. To not totally waste Ingredients. The ratios seemed off. But I trusted the recipe has been tested. I don’t think so.
These taste delicious, but were a little mushy and the icing does not harden, so they can’t stack for storage. The icing is delicious though.
Hey Julie,
Happy Monday! Thrilled to hear this recipe was a hit, thanks for making it and your comment!
I almost didn’t make these because of some of the negative comments on here, but I’m so glad I did because these turned out perfectly! I just followed the recipe and made them for Valentine’s Day and they were seriously a hit! The only thing is I didn’t end up using all of the strawberry powder.
Hey Rebekah,
Happy Sunday! I appreciate you making this recipe and your comment, so glad to hear it turned out well!