Ingredients

• 2 sticks of butter, soften
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 10g freeze dried strawberries
• 4 – 5 fresh strawberries
• Zest of one lemon
• 3 TBS lemon juice
• Sugar for rolling

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla.
3. Add egg. Mix until smooth.
4. Add flour, salt, baking soda. Mix until combined. Divide in half and leave half in the mixing bowl.
5. In the mixing bowl, add lemon juice and zest to the dough. Mix until combined. (You can add yellow coloring if desired). Take out of bowl
6. Blend up the freeze dried strawberries until a powder. Add to a small bowl. Blend the fresh strawberries and strain through a fine mesh strainer. Add to the small bowl of powdered strawberries and mix into a paste.
7. Add other half of dough to the mixing bowl. Add the strawberry paste to the bowl and mix until all incorporated into the dough.
8. Scoop half of the strawberry dough and half of the lemon dough with a cookie scoop and roll in sugar. Place on a prepared cookie sheet.
9. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Cool and enjoy!!