30-Minute Strawberry Jasmine Sugar Cookies
If you need a super simple strawberry flavored cookie, these strawberry jasmine sugar cookies are for you! Created with a combination of freeze-dried strawberries and loose leaf jasmine tea, eating these cookies is like drinking a warm cup of strawberry tea. Read all about my process developing these cookies and get the simple recipe in this blog post!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (plus ⅓ cup for rolling)
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp jasmine tea (loose leaf)
- ⅓ cup freeze dried strawberries
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).
- 2
Whisk together ½ cup of unsalted butter and 1 cup of granulated sugar in a mixing bowl.
- 3
Add the egg and 1 tsp of vanilla extract, and mix until combined.
- 4
In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 ⅔ cup of all purpose flour, ½ tsp of baking powder, ½ tsp of baking soda, and ½ tsp of salt.
- 5
Using a spice grinder, break down 3 tbsp of loose leaf jasmine tea. Add ½ of it to the dry ingredients in step 3 and mix. Set the rest aside.
- 6
Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Be careful not to over mix.
- 7
Break down ⅓ cup of freeze-dried strawberries using a spice grinder. Mix together ⅓ cup of granulated sugar, the other half of the jasmine tea, and the powdered, freeze-dried strawberries. Set aside.
- 8
Prep 2 baking sheets by covering it with parchment paper.
- 9
Scoop out the cookie dough using a medium sized cookie scoop (3 tbsp/#20 cookie scoop). Roll it between your palms until it is in the shape of a ball. Coat it in the strawberry sugar mixture and place it on the prepped baking sheet. Repeat this process until you run out of cookie dough.
- 10
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- 11
Once out of the oven, sprinkle leftover strawberry sugar on top (optional). Cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.