Strawberry Cookie
Strawberry Delight! Transform simple sugar cookies into adorable strawberry shapes using heart and star cookie cutters. Perfect for summer picnics or a sweet treat anytime!
Ingredients:
- 225g butter (room temperature)
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
- 1 medium egg
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 360g all-purpose flour
- red and green gel colour
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
2. Prepare the Dough:
- Cream butter and sugar until smooth (about 3 minutes).
- Beat in vanilla paste and egg.
- In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, salt, and flour.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix until dough pulls away from the sides. If too dry, knead by hand until smooth.
3. Colour, Cut and Bake:
- Colour 1/4 of the cookie dough with a few drops of green gel colour and the rest of the cookie dough with a few drops of red gel colour.
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface.
- Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter (6cm) to make the strawberry shapes.
- Space out the heart cookies on a baking sheet. Then use the star cutter to cut tops for the leaves to slot in.
- Use a small star-shaped cutter (3cm) to cut out the top section for the leaves.
- Fit the leaves like a jigsaw puzzle piece and slot them into the heart.
- Finally add the seed marks with a toothpick, piping tip or a oval fondant cutter.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly golden.
- Cool on the baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
Enjoy your strawberry-shaped cookies!