It undoubtedly looks like summer time right here these days and with summer time comes berries! It assume berries (I am unable to choose only one sort I really like all of them) are my favourite fruit. I’m loving all issues strawberry proper now, whereas they’re in season right here in Minnesota. I really like baked items with berries, like scones, muffins, truffles, cobblers and crisps however I additionally love shortcake. Since strawberry shortcake is so scrumptious, I made a decision to bake some strawberry shortcake impressed cookies! I’ve additionally been on a cookie baking kick these days. I really like them as a result of they’re a simple dessert. I made these Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Cookies final weekend and so they had been so good I needed to share the recipe!
For the bottom of those cookies I used my chocolate chip cookie recipe. I simply made a couple of swaps like I swapped the brown sugar for granulated sugar and added in strawberries as an alternative of the chocolate chips. I used entire wheat pastry flour for these as a result of it’s what I favor and use most, however you need to use common all objective flour for those who favor. In case you wished to make them gluten free, you might use gluten free AP flour (I like Bob’s Pink Mill Gluten Free All Goal Baking Flour if I’m making GF as a result of I do know it really works).
I’ve made scones earlier than with recent strawberries, however to be trustworthy I wasn’t fairly certain how they’d behave in cookies. So I simply needed to wait and see how they turned out. The dough was tremendous scrumptious! I undoubtedly snacked on some whereas I used to be making them. That’s the finest a part of the cookie baking course of in spite of everything so far as I’m involved! They baked up superbly! The berries didn’t launch an excessive amount of moisture. That mentioned, I might most likely not use frozen berries for these as a result of I really feel like these would have an excessive amount of moisture and the cookies would over unfold.
These smelled superb whereas baking! I couldn’t wait to attempt them! They had been so heavenly! Comfortable and chewy, with candy jammy strawberries all through and the scent of vanilla! If you’re a strawberry fan, and are within the temper for one thing candy, undoubtedly give these Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Cookies a attempt!
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
Makes 16
Elements:
- 3/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup applesauce at room temperature
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/2 cups entire wheat pastry flour or all objective flour (for a lighter coloured cookie)
- 1 1/2 cups recent strawberries, lower into small items
- Turbinado sugar for topping
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F levels, and line two sheet pans with parchment.
- In a big bowl, combine collectively the coconut oil, sugar, apple sauce and vanilla extract till properly blended.
- Combine within the salt, baking soda and baking powder then the flour till clean.
- Stir within the berries till they’re evenly distributed.
- Kind the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, and place on the cookie trays about 2 inches aside.
- Press the dough balls down barely and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
- Place the pans within the oven and bake for about 7 minutes, then rotate them and bake one other 7 or so till the cookies are accomplished and flippantly brown on the edges.
- Take away from the oven and let cool at the very least quarter-hour earlier than having fun with.
