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These Strawberry Glazed Butter Thins are crisp, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies. The pop of delightful strawberry glaze icing takes them way over the top.
The past week's been a barrel of laughs and fun here at The Café. Our daughter and her husband, along with their three daughters and baby Luke, arrived from their home in London seven days ago. We've enjoyed the time together immensely, and the children have kept us entertained day and night. Making these Strawberry Glazed Butter Thins was part of the fun!
The girls, Annie, Elle and Lilly all love to concoct sweet treats with Grammy in the kitchen. They didn't hesitate for a moment when I asked them earlier in the week if they'd like to help me make Strawberry Glazed Butter Thins. I had seen the recipe in Bon Appetit a while back and was anxious to try it; with a summery adaptation.
The original recipe was for Mint-Glazed Butter Thins. I decided to change things up a bit and use a strawberry glaze in lieu of the mint. I had a little stash of freeze-dried strawberries that I'd purchased recently at Trader Joe's. They worked quite nicely for these Strawberry Glazed Butter Thins, giving lots of color and vibrant flavor to the glaze without too much added moisture.
The cookie recipe is super simple to put together with just a few ingredients. The girls had fun mixing up the dough (and of course, licking the beaters). We rolled little balls of dough in powdered sugar and squished the dough balls with a flat bottomed glass.
After the cookies were baked and cooled came the fun part. I put the delicious strawberry glaze in a plastic bottle and let the girls squeeze a dollop of icing in the center of each cookie, then spread it to the edges with the back of a spoon. As you can see in the photos, they were very serious about their responsibilities!
Everyone in the family LOVED these crisp, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies. The pop of delightful strawberry flavor drew lots of "wows" and compliments.
If you're looking for a really delicious sweet treat loaded with a burst of summery strawberry flavor, whip up a batch of these Strawberry Glazed Butter Thins.
Oh, and if you have one or more little sou chefs in your house, they will have a wonderful time assisting you. They'll be thrilled to be taste-testers and determiners of "blog worthiness". My little helpers gave their whole hearted stamp (or better said, "spatula") of approval!
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Strawberry Glazed Butter Thins
Ingredients
- Ingredients for the cookies:
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1¼ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- Ingredients for the strawberry glaze:
- 2 cups powdered sugar, divided
- ½ cup freeze dried strawberries*
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
- Position racks in top and bottom third of oven; preheat to 350°F. Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment. Using electric mixer, beat first 5 ingredients until fluffy. Beat in flour.
- Place 1 cup powdered sugar in bowl. Working with 1 level tablespoon at a time, shape dough into balls; roll in powdered sugar to coat. Place on sheet. Press each lightly with flat-bottomed cup. Sprinkle each with more powdered sugar, then press again to thin 3 ¼-inch round. Bake cookies 8 minutes. Reverse sheets; bake until golden at edges, about 9 minutes longer.
- Meanwhile, combine powdered sugar and freeze dried strawberries in the bowl of a food processor. Process for a minute or two or until strawberries are powderized. Pour mixture into a medium size bowl. Add milk and stir until smooth, adding more milk by ½ teaspoonfuls if glaze is too thick to spread. If too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar.
- Place about teaspoon of icing in the center of a cookie. Spread glaze over cookies to the edges with the back of a spoon. Place on cooling rack to dry for at least one hour.
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Hi, Chris. I think your metric button is is playing tricks on you again. It shows 1/2 cup of ground freeze dried strawberries as being equal to 118.29 g. I'm thinking that would be a lot closet to 1 1/2 or even 1 3/4 cups. I used about 30g from a 35g bag and that was perfect. Maybe your button thinks that freeze-dried and dehydrated are the same? Anyway, I thought you'd want to peek at that. I hope you had a marvelous Mother's Day!
Thanks, John!I will correct that!
Does the glaze harden?
It dries nicely but doesn't get really hard.
Very cute!!! Loving all your posts with your grandchildren!!! Looks like it was so much fun making these cookies with them.
AWW! Such cute little girls! 🙂
The cookies look awesome, too. It must have been so fun to make these together!
What adorable sous chefs!! It seems that your daughter gets to visit often, that is so nice for living so far away!
Awesome sous chefs you have there. So cute!
What a fun baking day - love the last photo with the "chef in training photo"! These look like something that I would have a hard time eating just one. Smile.
Darling! Your grand kids just crack me up and so precious. Nice recipe. I like that you added a strawberry glaze vs mint.
Really cute kids! And great looking cookies. Love that shade of pink. Good stuff - thanks.
Looks like a fun baking and photo session at your house! Love these pink colored iced cookies, yummy;)
Adorable photos! 😀 I love that you took the strawberry route instead of mint! These cookies just scream summer and happiness!
Chris, of course you know that you have the mst adorable sous chefs in the whole wide world! And the cookies look fabulous - little girls and butter cookies with a strawberry icing seem to be perfect together! So nice to see that you are having a great time with your grand-children!
Have a lovely Sunday filled with laughter and terrific food!
I enjoy looking at your pictures!!!!!!!!!
Such a nice recipe for children and more.....haha
Oh my goodness...you are so blessed with such beautiful girls!!!
Um excuse me, but you seem to have forgotten a very important picture. Where is baby Luke? *sniffs* Well you almost made up for it with all the delightful pictures of your grand-daughters and delicious cookies. So glad you're having such a good time!
Oh my gosh they are adorable; the girls and the cookies. They would be great for your midnight party!
The cookies look so light and crisp - just what I like.
Your granddaughters are adorable!
My daughter has been asking to make "strawberry cookies" for ages. I would have to make these completely differently for low carb and gluten-free, but I will keep this on file for inspiration! Thanks!
Oh Chris ... those darling grandkids. Has your daughter moved back or is this just a visit?
Fondly,
Glenda
Such a blessing to bake in the presence of such cuteness!!! Lovely pictures of both the princesses and the strawberry thins!!!Keep enjoying your time together, have a great weekend!!
Chris the girls are getting so big! I can't believe how much they've grown since you last posted photos. I could bake all day if I had such adorable assistants. Love the sound of these cookies. I will have to look out for freeze-dried strawberries!
Aww, your little assistant bakers are so stinkin' cute! Love those pictures and this cheerful summery cookie! Thanks for sharing, Chris.
Oh my gosh, these pictures of the girls baking are amazing! You really should make a collage of them and hang it somewhere!! And switching the glaze to strawberry makes the cookies so girly girl!
May I say your little chefs are the cutest and most sweetest ever! I love their smiles and obvious enthusiasm. Recipe sounds amazing-as always!!
Thank you for stopping by and leaving your cheery comments!
Happy Hugs,
jemma
Look at your beautiful little models! Your cookies aren't bad either but the granddaughters are gorgeous! What fun - can't wait until my grandson is old enough to play in the kitchen.
Your grand-daughters are the cutest things ever!! You are making some wonderful memories with them that they can look back on and treasure. The cookies look lovely too and I'm sure they tasted great!
Ohhhhh my these are gorgeous, look soooo delicious and how adorable are the kids! Looks like you have some chefs in the future!
you even made them the chef hats! so adorable and love their smiles!!
These look so tasty and I love all the pictures of your grandkids helping out, looks so fun!
What beauties... the grandkids & the cookies!! I love cooking and baking with my kids - it makes it so much more fun!
LOL I pinned the girls first then came back:)
I had Noah here yetsrday and we made pizzas he had worn a tie:) But no match for thse decked out chefs..
Oh lala the outfits..the hats..
I have one hat my DD gave me..
Chris..I can't even talk about the cookies..:)
You know what they say about movies with kids in them?
PS the cookies are lovely too.
Your kitchen helpers are adorable, Chris. And they obviously are loving every minute of it. Putting the glaze in a squeeze bottle is genius. I can make a big mess with frosting even when I'm by myself in the kitchen.
wow You have some really happy and sweet sou chefs in your house, Chris.
I love the strawberry glaze. So dreamy and beautiful.
These look so pretty! And the kids sure seem to have had great fun 🙂
The squeeze bottle was pure genius!! Those are the most adorable helpers, too. Love the idea they have their own chef caps.
They really do look as if they are enjoying it all. What happy faces and great photos. Have a good weekend, Diane
Lovely cookies and lovely helpers 🙂
What fun! I want to come to your Cafe wear a Cafe Sucre Farine Chef's hat and bake cookies! The cookies look delicious! I love those silly little freeze dried strawberries at TJ's! Have a great weekend!!
Chris, These look wonderful and I can see other options for these. Those little ones are the cutest chefs I have ever seen. What wonderful memories you are making.
Lovely pics!Baking with these cute angels must be fun! Love your pretty and romantic thins!
Kisses!
These girls are the cuttest, I have to admit it:) And these cookies looks perfect to me... Plus, looks like a lot of fun preparing these!
These cookies are so pretty and I love that strawberry glaze. Cute photos of your little baking helpers! 🙂
Oh what perfectly beautiful cookies these are Chris. But I'm afraid your sous chefs have stolen the show in the beauty department! How fun that must have been to have them helping you! Enjoy your time together! : )