Strawberries And Cream Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup minced chocolate
• 3/4 cup dried strawberries, coarsely minced

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°; stack two baking sheets together and line top sheet with parchment paper.
• 2 in a food processor, whiz sugar to finely pulverize, about 10 seconds.
• 3 in a mixer bowl, cream sugar and butter on low speed until well blended.
• 4 then add flour, vanilla, cream, and salt; blend well.
• 5 when almost blended into a dough, add chocolate and dried strawberries mixing by hand to incorporate and make a firm dough.
• 6 knead dough gently on a lightly floured work surface about 1 minute to make dough more firm and get it to hold together.
• 7 flatten dough into a disk; wrap well, and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• 8 roll out gently about 1/2 inch thick and cut into small round cookies (about 2 inches in diameter).
• 9 place on prepared sheets; place in oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 300°; bake until lightly browned around the edges, about 40-50 minutes (**not a typo).
• 10 cool well before removing with a metal spatula.