Strawberry Cookies
“Painted” Strawberry Cookies
I’ve been waiting and waiting for strawberry season and it is finally here. We have a little strawberry patch in our backyard and have been anxiously waiting, checking the berries progress daily. The strawberries have finally begun to turn pinkish-red and its so exciting to see the transformation. As a way to celebrate strawberries, I decided it would be fun to paint some strawberry sugar cookies. Afterwards, I couldn’t help but arrange them on a platter of all things strawberry from the strawberry leaves, flowers, to its green fruit and ripe ones too. Don’t you think that this strawberry platter would be a fun display at a party? I sure do!
Now, read along to pretend that you’re at my house and I’m sharing with you all things about painted cookies- specifically strawberry cookies (you can also look at my holly cookies, flower cookies, and heart cookies as well). To begin, bake and frost cookies by using my recipes below, using your own favorite sugar cookie recipe, or make it even easier and purchase pre-made cookies from your local baker. Once you have your cookies then the real fun of cookie painting can begin! Follow along here for all the directions you’ll need to make your own painted strawberry cookies. I’ve even created a short video to demonstrate how to arrange your own strawberry platter too.
I hope you enjoy celebrating strawberries as much as I did! Please share your painted cookie creations with me over at @silvertoothhome.
Sugar Cookie Recipe (makes 24 cookies)
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp almond extract
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
Mix together the first 5 ingredients until smooth. Slowly incorporate flour and baking powder. Roll dough and use cookie cutters to shape. Place shapes on parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake at 350 for 6-8min. Remove from the oven before the edges brown. Cool completely before transferring cookies off of the cookie sheet.
Royal Icing (fills 18in piping bag)
4 cups confectioners sugar
5 tablespoons warm water (plus more as needed)
3 tablespoons meringue powder
2 teaspoons extract (either vanilla or almond)
Beat all ingredients together until icing forms peaks and peaks disappear after counting to 5. Add more water one tablespoon at a time until the right texture is achieved. Place icing into an 18in piping bag. Pipe a circle outlining the edges of the cooking and then flood the inside with icing.
Edible Painting Supplies
Almond extract or water
To make edible paint you will need a paint palette or a large serving platter to mix gel food coloring into an edible color palette. Simply squeeze one drop of each gel color color into your dish of choice. Then add extract or water to dilute and stir. Mix colors to achieve the shades you are looking for. To paint, use a small paint brushes (reserved for cooking only) to apply the edible paint onto the cookie. Make sure to not overdo the application or your cookie will become too wet and melt the frosting.
Step by Step
Pipe white icing onto sugar cookie and let set for one hour and up to one day.
Use edible paint to fill in cookies with color.
Use an edible black marker to outline details.
Strawberry Platter
I created a short video to show you how to present your strawberry cookies at a party. I simply used fresh strawberry leaves and flowers, fresh strawberries and topped it all with painted strawberry cookies. It turned out to be such an easy and stunning platter that celebrates all things strawberry. I hope you enjoy!
