The cookies you see here started out as a major recipe fail—twice. I initially took my blueberry muffin cookies and swapped blueberries for strawberries. Sounds perfectly doable right? Well, I’m sure that could work with frozen chopped strawberries, but fresh strawberries are wet and created a cookie paste, not a cookie dough. I even reduced the added liquid in the recipe, too. Unsurprisingly, the cookies spread horribly. In the 2nd attempt I reduced the strawberries and left out the milk. There were hardly any strawberries in each cookie. And they tasted dry. Back to the drawing board.
Cookies with Real Strawberry Flavor
As you might remember from my endless strawberry cake recipe testing, it’s difficult to produce strawberry-flavored baked goods made solely from real strawberries. The crutch of artificial strawberry flavor is over-used because recipe creators often lose their minds developing a strawberry tasting recipe without it. (See above!) You have to get creative. I ditched my entire idea, turned to my homemade biscuits, and created sweet strawberry biscuit cookies. Added fresh chopped strawberries, a sprinkle of coarse crunchy sugar, and drizzled each with sweet icing. It took determined (stubborn?) effort, but now we have cookies with REAL strawberry flavor. 🙂 By the way, if you want to use freeze dried strawberries, you can make strawberry and cream cookies and achieve a perfectly chewy and dense texture. And if you need more warm weather cookie inspiration, today’s cookies join 25+ others on my Summer Cookie Recipes collection page.
Why You’ll Love These Strawberry Biscuit Cookies
Flaky biscuit-like centers Buttery, soft, and cakey Crunchy sugared tops Juicy strawberries No mixer required Sweet icing
Like strawberry shortcake or scones in cookie form!
Ingredients You Need
Strawberries: You can use fresh or frozen strawberries. If using frozen, make sure they’re chopped and frozen. Do not thaw them prior to adding to the cookie dough. If using fresh, as I usually do, chop them up in the first step instructed in the written recipe below, then blot them with a clean towel to rid excess moisture. Place the chopped strawberries in the freezer as you work on the rest of the ingredients. The colder they are, the easier they are to work with in this dough. Trust me! Flour: Like biscuits, one of the main ingredients is all-purpose flour. Sugar: These are strawberry biscuit cookies, so they’re sweeter than savory biscuits. Use regular granulated sugar in this cookie recipe. Baking Powder: We need quite a bit of leavener to lift this heavy cookie dough. Salt & Vanilla Extract: For flavor. Cold Butter: Butter adds ALL of the texture. For flaky layers and pockets, use cold butter. When little pieces of butter melt as the biscuit cookies bake, they release steam and create little pockets of air– this makes the cookies flaky on the inside with set edges. (We don’t want this butter to melt or get soft before the dough hits the oven. The colder, the better.) Whole Milk: This dough requires liquid. Though my regular biscuits use buttermilk, regular whole milk is great here. You can use nondairy milk if needed. Egg: An egg turns these biscuits into cookies, allowing them to hold their shape. Optional Coarse Sugar: A sprinkle of coarse sparkling sugar adds delicious crunch on top of the soft and flaky cookies. Talk about a burst of TEXTURE!
How to Make Strawberry Biscuit Cookies
If you’ve made my biscuits or strawberry shortcake before, you’re familiar with this process. It seems complicated, but truly couldn’t be easier if you take the time to read the recipe before you begin. So you understand the process, let me quickly walk through each step. Use my step-by-step photos as a visual guide.
Strawberry Icing
Of course you could call it a day now, but who doesn’t love a snazzy little accessory every now and then?! Add icing! Start with regular vanilla icing and add a heaping Tablespoon of strawberry jam. The jam adds a little color and flavor. If you don’t have strawberry jam, don’t worry about it because these strawberry biscuit cookies taste excellent with regular vanilla icing as well. Flaky, buttery, soft, thick, vanilla-y, juicy, and REAL STRAWBERRIES!
More Strawberry Recipes
Strawberry Coconut Macaroons Homemade Strawberry Sauce (Dessert Topping) Strawberry Shortcake Cake White Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes Strawberry Lemon Poppy Seed Scones Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
