Almost Famous Strawberry Cookies Recipes

ALMOST FAMOUS STRAWBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Stir together the cake mix and the Jello, then add rest of ingredients, except for the powdered sugar. Cover and chill the dough in refrigerator for a couple of hours or over night.
• Shape dough into walnut sized balls and drop into a shallow bowl of powdered sugar. Roll around gently to coat them, then place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 12 -13 minutes until only lightly browned on bottoms. They will be slightly soft. Remove immediately from cookie sheet, cool and store in cookie tin.

CHEWY STRAWBERRY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Beat 1 1/2 cups white sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat egg into butter mixture. Add strawberry puree.
• Stir flour, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt into strawberry mixture with a spoon until flour is completely incorporated into dough.
• Stir 1/2 cup white sugar and red sugar together in a shallow bowl.
• Roll dough into walnut-sized balls, roll each ball in red sugar mixture, and place each ball 1 1/2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Lightly press each dough ball down to flatten.
• Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool.

"ALMOST FAMOUS" STRAWBERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1 cup each pureed strawberries and fresh lemon juice (about 8 lemons) in a pitcher. Add 5 cups water; stir until the sugar dissolves. Serve over ice.

ALMOST-FAMOUS STRAWBERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Make the lemon syrup: Bring the lemon zest, 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring, until the sugar dissolves; let cool to room temperature.
• Meanwhile, make the strawberry syrup: Toss the strawberries and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a bowl and let sit at room temperature until the sugar dissolves, about 45 minutes. Strain the strawberry mixture; reserve the strawberry syrup and berries separately.
• Make the lemonade: Combine the lemon juice, lemon syrup, salt and 2 cups cold water in a pitcher. For each drink, put about 1 tablespoon of the strawberry syrup in a tall glass. Fill with ice, then top with the lemonade and some of the reserved strawberries.