Description
Delightful strawberry frosted cherry cookies blend sweet cherries with creamy strawberry frosting for a perfect summer treat. Delicate cookie texture and fruity flavors make these irresistible snacks you’ll crave at first bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (236 ml) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup chopped maraschino cherries (drained and patted dry)
- ½ cup (120 ml) sour cream
- 2 ½ cups (313 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups (360 g) powdered sugar
- ¼ cup freeze-dried strawberries, finely ground into powder
- 2 tbsps (30 ml) milk
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preparation: Ignite the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for seamless cookie extraction.
- Mixing Base: Whip butter and sugar into a cloud-like consistency, establishing the cookie’s foundational texture.
- Liquid Integration: Blend egg and vanilla extract into the butter-sugar fusion, creating a silky, uniform base.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Gently incorporate whisked flour, baking powder, and salt into the wet mixture, forming a unified dough.
- Fruit Infusion: Delicately fold finely chopped maraschino cherries and their vibrant juice throughout the dough, ensuring even distribution.
- Cookie Formation: Craft uniform dough balls and arrange them strategically across the baking sheet, maintaining precise spacing.
- Baking Process: Gently flatten each cookie and bake for 10-12 minutes until edges transform into a golden-amber hue.
- Cooling Stage: Transfer cookies to a wire rack, allowing complete temperature reduction before embellishment.
- Frosting Creation: Whisk powdered sugar, butter, strawberry jam, vanilla extract, and salt into a luscious, creamy frosting.
- Final Touches: Lavishly spread strawberry frosting across cooled cookies and optionally garnish with decorative sprinkles or cherry fragments for visual and flavor enhancement.
Notes
- Prevent Cherry Bleeding: Pat maraschino cherries dry with paper towels before chopping to minimize color bleeding and maintain cookie appearance.
- Achieve Perfect Texture: Ensure butter is softened at room temperature for smoother creaming and better cookie consistency.
- Control Moisture Levels: Use minimal cherry juice to prevent dough from becoming too wet, which could impact cookie structure.
- Customize Frosting Consistency: Gradually add powdered sugar or jam to strawberry frosting, testing thickness to create the ideal spreadable texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 218
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 96 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 27 mg