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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!
- 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
*~ If you can't find freeze-dried strawberries just finely mash fresh strawberries to equal ¼ cup. Add mashed strawberries instead of the milk and adjust with a bit of milk or extra powdered sugar to achieve a thick but pourable consistency.
Stephanie says
Does the glaze harden?
Chris Scheuer says
It dries nicely but doesn't get really hard.
Mr. & Mrs. P says
Very cute!!! Loving all your posts with your grandchildren!!! Looks like it was so much fun making these cookies with them.
Erin @ Texanerin Baking says
AWW! Such cute little girls! 🙂
The cookies look awesome, too. It must have been so fun to make these together!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts says
What adorable sous chefs!! It seems that your daughter gets to visit often, that is so nice for living so far away!
Debra Eliotseats says
Awesome sous chefs you have there. So cute!
Lisa {Authentic Suburban Gourmet } says
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.
Vicki Bensinger says
Darling! Your grand kids just crack me up and so precious. Nice recipe. I like that you added a strawberry glaze vs mint.
Kitchen Riffs says
Really cute kids! And great looking cookies. Love that shade of pink. Good stuff - thanks.
Patty Price says
Looks like a fun baking and photo session at your house! Love these pink colored iced cookies, yummy;)
Valerie says
Adorable photos! 😀 I love that you took the strawberry route instead of mint! These cookies just scream summer and happiness!
Andrea_TheKitchenLioness says
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!
peps says
I enjoy looking at your pictures!!!!!!!!!
Such a nice recipe for children and more.....haha
Susan says
Oh my goodness...you are so blessed with such beautiful girls!!!
Veronica Miller says
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!
Sandra Lee says
Oh my gosh they are adorable; the girls and the cookies. They would be great for your midnight party!
Pondside says
The cookies look so light and crisp - just what I like.
Your granddaughters are adorable!
Carolyn says
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!