Homemade Strawberry Crinkle Cookies

Strawberry Crinkle Cookies are thick, chewy, puffy, and soft strawberry-flavored cookies which are homemade using ingredients you already have on hand. They have a gorgeous dome, the cracked exterior that is classic to a crinkle cookie, and are the perfect shade of pink!

What are Crinkle Cookies?

Crinkle cookies are cookies which are rolled in powdered sugar before baking and sport defined cracks in the top of the cookies. They normally have a soft, slightly cakey texture as opposed to a chewy cookie. These Homemade Strawberry Crinkle Cookies are-

• soft with a slightly crunchy outside
• strawberry flavored to pay homage to one of the greatest fruits ever
• sweet as ever with two rounds of rolling in powdered sugar
• thick and gorgeously domed
• colored with pink food gel

Strawberry Cookie Ingredients

All Purpose Flour: This recipe uses simple, plain all purpose flour. It's important to measure it accurately by using a kitchen scale or by spooning the flour into your measuring cups before leveling off the top of the measuring cup with a knife. If you simply pack the flour into measuring cups, you'll end up with hard, dry cookies.

Baking Soda: Baking soda is the leavening agent in these cookies and creates thick, domed, puffy cookies!

Salt: Salt brings out sweetness in cookies and completes the flavor!

Unsalted Butter: You'll need cool unsalted butter for this recipe to help these cookies maintain their structure. This means you can leave the butter out of the fridge for about 10 minutes before baking, and you should be good to go!

Granulated Sugar: Granulated sugar adds sweetness to the cookies, creates moisture, and ensures the cookies have some structure.

Egg: An egg at room temperature adds chewiness and stability to the cookies.

Vanilla Extract: You'll need pure vanilla extract in these cookies. Though they rock the strawberry flavor, vanilla extract just rounds everything out!

Strawberry Extract: These cookies get their strawberry flavor from strawberry extract. I found it tough to get a deep strawberry flavor in cookies naturally without adding several steps, so I think it's best to keep it simple and effective with strawberry extract.

Pink Food Coloring: The strawberry crinkle cookies get their color from pink food dye. I recommend using gel, as you'll only need a touch of the gel to create a deep color!

Powdered Sugar + Corn Starch: A mixture of powdered sugar and corn starch creates the perfect topping for these cookies. You'll roll the cookies in this mixture twice before baking for best coverage.

Crinkle Cookie Process

*PLEASE SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR FULL, DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS*

1. Preheat your oven and line your baking sheets with parchment paper
2. Whisk dry ingredients together in a medium bowl
3. Beat unsalted butter and granulated sugar together for at least 3 minutes to create a light and fluffy base
4. Add egg, vanilla extract, and strawberry extract and beat until smooth
5. Mix in pink food coloring until desired color is reached
6. Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet and mix only until just combined to avoid overmixing
7. Roll the balls into 1 tablespoon balls before rolling in the powdered sugar and corn starch mixture
8. Roll the balls in the powdered sugar mixture an additional time
9. Bake for 10-13 minutes until the cookies are puffy, cracked, and slightly soft and shiny on top

Cookie FAQ

Expert Tips & Tricks

Measuring Properly: To ensure these cookies come out as they are intended to, you'll want to be intentional about measuring your ingredients. Specifically, when measuring your flour, do so by using a kitchen scale or by spooning flour into your measuring cups before leveling off the tops with a knife. Additionally, be cautious when adding your leavening agent, as small changes can have major results.

Baking Cookies: You'll want to bake these cookies until they look domed, have defined cracks in the top, and are slightly soft in the center. When you touch the outside rim of the cookie, it should have slight structure and should not fold into the cookie.

Storing Crinkle Cookies: Do not store the cookies until they have fully cooled to ensure the cookies maintain their shape and texture. Once cooled, place in an airtight container, zippable bag, or tightly covered at room temperature for up to 4 days. You can also store them in the freezer for up to 4 months.

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