Fresh Strawberry Cookies

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter , softened
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons fresh strawberry puree
• 2.75 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon red colored sugar , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. 2

   Beat 1 ½ 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.

3. 3

   Stir flour, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt into strawberry mixture with a spoon until flour is completely incorporated into dough.

4. 4

   Stir 1/2 cup white sugar and red sugar together in a shallow bowl.

5. 5

   Roll dough into walnut-sized balls, roll each ball in red sugar mixture, and place each ball 1 ½ inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Lightly press each dough ball down to flatten.

6. 6

   Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack.