Description
Delightful Strawberry Shortbread Cookies, combining buttery goodness with fresh strawberries for a refreshing treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 125 g unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 60 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 180 g plain flour (all-purpose)
- ¼ tsp fine salt
- 110 g powdered icing sugar (confectioners’ sugar)
- 2 tbsp strawberry puree (2 large strawberries, hulled and mashed)
- 1 tsp unsalted butter (melted)
- 30 ml milk (optional, for adjusting glaze consistency)
- 170 g strawberry jam
Instructions
- Cream together the butter, sugar, and vanilla extract in a mixer until pale and light.
- Sift in the plain flour and salt, then mix until the dough starts coming together.
- Shape the dough into a disc and roll it out to about ½ cm thickness. Use cookie cutters to stamp out shapes and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 170°C (335°F) and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden.
- Mix powdered icing sugar with strawberry puree and melted butter, adjusting with milk if necessary for glaze consistency.
- Dip tops of cooled cookies in glaze, then sandwich them with strawberry jam.
- Serve immediately or allow to set.
Notes
Chill your dough to maintain the cookie shape while baking. Use quality ingredients for the best flavor.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Baked Goods
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg