Chocolate Strawberry Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, the granulated sugar and the brown sugar together for about two minutes.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla.
• Add one cup of the flour along with the 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Mix well.
• Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups of flour and mix just until all the flour is absorbed and the dough is very crumbly.
• If adding chocolate chips, do so now and blend for 5-10 seconds. You may want to fold these in by hand.
• Add the sliced strawberries and blend for no more than 5-7 seconds on low speed, or fold in by hand.
• Using a large cookie scoop, drop the dough onto silicone mat-lined or parchment-lined baking sheets, about two inches apart. Alternately, you can drop the dough into your hand and gently roll it between your hands to get the dough to stick together and be smooth. Add additional flour to your hands if necessary.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes. The time will vary based on your oven. When the cookies have started to brown around the edges and the tops, they are done.
• Remove from the oven and allow to rest on the baking sheet for about five minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Once the cookies have completely cooled, melt your one cup of chocolate chips or candy melts together and dip the bottom of each cookie into the melted chocolate.
• Place each cookie on parchment or waxed paper and allow the chocolate to harden completely.
• Store covered in the refrigerator.

WHITE CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized bowl and whisk together.
• Chop up fresh strawberries and let them soak for 5 minutes in lemon juice.
• After 5 minutes, drain the strawberries and set them aside.
• Blend together cream cheese, butter, and sugar until smooth.
• Add in eggs and vanilla and blend thoroughly.
• Slowly add in the flour mixture until it is completely blended in.
• Coat the strawberries lightly in flour and slowly fold them by hand into the batter (do not mix with a blender)
• Finally, add in the white chocolate chips and gently fold them in.
• Use parchment paper on your cookie sheets and drop the batter onto the sheets in 1" balls.
• If you would like, you can sprinkle the top of the cookies with sugar for a little extra sparkle before baking.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Cool on a cooling rack for 10 minutes before serving.

CHOCOLATE-STRAWBERRY THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift flour, cocoa, and salt into a bowl; set aside.
• Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring until smooth. Set aside.
• Put butter and 1/4 cup of sugar into the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment; mix on medium until pale and fluffy.
• Mix in yolk, vanilla, and chocolate. Reduce speed to low. Mix in flour mixture until just combined.
• Refrigerate, covered, one hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Put 6 teaspoons of sugar into a bowl. Form dough into 3/4 balls; roll in sugar to coat.
• Space 1 inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Press center of each ball with your thumb.
• Bake 10 minutes. Press centers again with a wooden spoon, 3/4 inch indentations. Bake until slightly cracked and set; about 5 minutes more.
• Cool completely on racks.
• Stir cream cheese and confectioners sugar in a small bowl.
• Toss berries with remaining 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar in another bowl.
• Spoon cream cheese mixture into center of cookies; top with strawberries.

CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• In one bowl, sift the flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a second bowl, cream the butter with the sugars, vanilla and eggs.
• Slowly combine the flour mxture with the wet ingredients.
• Stir in the chips and strawberries.
• Refrigerate for an hour, or until dough is firm.
• Roll into one inch balls and place on greased, parchment-lined cookie sheets.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 13 minutes.

STRAWBERRY-WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Crush freeze-dried strawberries to a fine consistency.
• Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a larger mixing bowl until fluffy. Add eggs, crushed strawberries, vanilla extract, and strawberry extract. Mix in dry ingredients in three additions, adding white chocolate chips with the last addition.
• Scoop cookies with a 1 1/2 tablespoon-sized scoop and place onto the prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden, about 14 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on the cookie sheets for 3 to 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY & COOKIE PARFAITS

Steps:

• Add milk to dry pudding mix in medium bowl. Beat with wire whisk 2 minute or until well blended. Refrigerate 5 minute
• Spoon one-third of the pudding mixture evenly into four mugs or parfait glasses; top with layers of half each of the strawberries and cookies. Repeat all layers. Cover with the remaining pudding mixture and whipped topping.
• Serve immediately or store in refrigerator up to 2 hours before serving.

CHOCOLATE-STRAWBERRY PRETZEL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, mix ground pretzels, flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-1/2-in. tree-shaped cookie cutter. Using a floured 1-3/4-in. tree-shaped cookie cutter, cut out the centers of half of the cookies. Place solid and window cookies 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until edges are light brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Spread melted chocolate onto bottoms of solid cookies; let stand until firm. Spread jam over cooled chocolate; top with window cookies. Dust lightly with confectioners' sugar. Freeze option: Freeze undecorated cookies in freezer containers. To use, thaw in covered containers and decorate as directed.