Whelp, it has been 3 years. I can explain, but later. I made up this recipe today as a Valentine’s gift to my family and wanted to share. I honestly don’t know if anyone is still out there to find this recipe, but if you do IT’S YUMMY. I canceled all my email services and lead capture software when I took a long blogging break and don’t have a good way to notify you I’m back. So If you find this post, leave a comment so I know you’re here.
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1.2 oz freeze dried strawberries, divided
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 3/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
Granulated sugar for rolling
additional for frosting
1 cup powdered sugar
2 Tbs liquid egg whites (optional)
1 Tbs heavy cream (optional)
1-2 Tbs water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Using a food processor or coffee grinder, pulverize freeze dried strawberries into a powder. Use a fine sieve to strain out the chunks. Set aside.
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla, scraping the bowl as necessary.
Beat in 3/4 of the strawberry powder, reserving the remaining 1/4 for the frosting.
Beat in cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and flour.
Roll out on a sugared surface to 1/4 or 3/8 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
For frosting, mix powdered sugar and remaining strawberry powder. Stir in egg whites, cream and water until desired spreading consistency. Spread frosting on cookies with a knife and set out to dry. Frosting will self level somewhat. If you want to leave out the egg whites and cream, just water can be used to thin the frosting to desired consistency.
Hi! Glad to see you back! Do you have nutritional information on these cookies? They look fabulous!
Hi Renee! I don’t, but I could pop them into My Fitness Pal in a bit and see what comes up. It made about 50 cookies for us. And I ate 2 in dough, and 2 unfrosted and 6 frosted ones. So kind of dangerous around here, bwa ha ha.
These look delicious! Proud of you ❤️
Aw, thank you, Amanda! I’m so glad you stopped by.
looks tasty! Can’t believe it has been 4 yrs since you last posted. Time flies.
Thanks, Janelle! Time does fly! I’m glad you found me again.
Hi! It’s been a while! I remember you used to offer meal plan service. Are you into something similar? What do you do these day? Are you planning on something online?
Thanks…
Hi! I remember you! I closed my meal plan service because I wasn’t very good at advertising and it wasn’t profitable compared to the hours I put in. I’ve been working as a private music teacher and a personal trainer the last 4 years. I won’t get rich doing it locally and offline but it sure is fun.
What a nice surprise! Thank you for the recipe. Hope you are doing well.
Hi Tina, Thank you for stopping by 💕. I think this must be one of the best times of my life.
I am glad you’re back! What a delicious recipe! I never would have thought of freeze-dried strawberries to make the icing pink. I appreciate anything without food coloring! Thank you!!
I was also notified of this post via email-just to let you know.
Hi Jackie, thanks for letting me know you got an email about this post. I had a free notification system away back and that must still be going 💕.
Same here – I received an email because “I subscribed to email updates from Grocery Shrink” (said the footnotes). These do look yummy!
Aww Angela, I’ve missed this blog so much, glad to have you back 🧡
Hi Ellen, It’s nice to be missed. I’ll explain the absence soon.
Angela, I’m so happy you posted! I’ve missed seeing all of your great information and, strangely enough, was just thinking about you the other day and was wondering what had happened to you! Hope you’re doing well.. Since Valentine’s Day was rather ho-hum around here, I’m going to make these cookies today. 🙂
Hi Elizabeth! It’s so nice to see your familiar email address and name 💕. I hope you enjoy the cookies.
I’m still here and glad to see you back. The cookies look great!
Julia! Hello again! Thanks for stopping by.
I’ve missed your blog! So glad to see you posting again!!
Rejena, thanks for stopping by and for the encouraging words.
Kinda fun to wake up to an email from you! I still use several recipes from the meal plans way back 😊
Hi Nicole! I’m so glad the meal plans are still serving you 💕
I wondered what happened to you. Glad to hear from you.
Hi Tammy! It feels nice to be back. Thanks for stopping by!
Welcome back; love hearing from you!
Hi Vicki! I’m glad you’re still here 💕.
I too just thought about you the other day. Nice to hear from you. And honestly, you don’t need to say why. You took a break is explanation enough.
Hi Nicole, thanks for saying that. It has felt too personal/painful to share. But I think I’m ready now.
Welcome back!!
Hi Ann! Thank you! It’s so good to see your name again.
Welcome back!! So glad to hear from you.
Welcome back Angela!
Such a pleasant surprise to find your email today. I’m still making your crockpot chicken & rice. Learned so much about frugal grocery shopping & think of you.
These look scrumptious!
Shocked to see your old blog name in my email.
These look delicious Angela!
Glad you are back!
Hi Beth! Thanks! Good to see you.
Welcome Back! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks Kim! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Angela,
What a wonderful surprise! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Hi Yolanda! Good to see you too!
Angela, great to see you’re back! Can’t wait to hear the updates on you and your beautiful family❤️
Hi Theresa! Thanks! I’m excited to show them off. We’ve all gotten old 😁.
Hi, I’m glad you’re back. I always enjoyed reading your posts. I wondered what happened to ya. I got an email about this post just so ya know. Oh, and by the way, the cookies look delicious.
Thanks Donna! It’s good to know the RSS feed is still emailing out 💕.
I was so surprised to get this email! Glad you’re back….
Glad you’re back!
Thanks, Lisa. It’s good to see you.
These sound great! Thanks for sharing!
(The new posts showed up in Reeder!)
Thanks Nancy! I’m happy notifications are going out.