Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

Good old Martha Stewart. She's about the crankiest person I've ever seen, but boy can that lady bake a mean cookie! I'm honestly not a huge fan of her as a person, but I LOVE a lot of her recipes. Came across this one and it looked and sounded so good. I was right, these are just like strawberry shortcake. Soft, sweet, cakey, and full of sweet red strawberries. Who would have thought to put fresh berries in a cookie?

Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

STRAWBERRY MIXTURE:
12oz fresh strawberries, hulled, and diced
1 tsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp sugar

COOKIE DOUGH:
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
9 Tbsp sugar
6 Tbsp butter
2/3 cup heavy whipping cream

TOPPING:
Additional sugar

1. Mix together strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar. Set aside.

2. In another mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.

3. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until course crumbs form.

4. Slowly add in heavy cream and mix until thick dough begins to form.

5. Stir in strawberry mixture.

6. Scoop onto cookies sheet using a 2Tbsp cookie scoop.

7. Sprinkle generously with additional sugar.

8. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.