Strawberry Cookies

Megan recently hosted a family party for her birthday at her new condo. In addition to the Cannoli Cake that I made for the party, I also made these strawberry cookies. Meg likes strawberries, and I wanted to try a new cookie. This recipe results in delicious cookies and would be good with other fruits, such as raspberries.

This recipe makes delicious and soft cookies. Instead of butter, the cookies use olive oil. And, a little lemon juice is added to the dough. But most importantly, I liked that this recipe uses actual strawberries, not artificial flavoring. Because it was not strawberry season, I used frozen strawberries that worked just fine. I recommend chopping the strawberries into a size similar to chocolate chips. Then reserve some nice pieces to be pushed into the top of each cookie before baking.

Strawberry Cookies 

• 2 eggs
• 3 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 1/2 cup flour
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 2 cups chopped strawberries
• powdered sugar for dusting

Preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, juice, oil, vanilla, and sugar. Add flour and baking powder until combined. Gently mix in most of the chopped strawberries, reserving some for pressing into cookies. Form dough into a ball and drop onto cookie sheet. Press a strawberry piece or two into each cookie. Bake for 13-15 minutes. Allow to cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Enjoy!