Every memorial day my family gets together for a picnic. We tend to have typical picnic/BBQ food like hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, and pasta salad.
I’m usually in charge of dessert. After a large meal we like something light that my grandma would say “just slides down”.
Last year, we really enjoyed the Patriotic Poke Cake because it was light and fruity.
I wanted to stick with something along those lines. Take a look at these Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Cups!
Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Cups
Recipe Adapted via Six Sister’s Stuff
Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Cups
Ingredients
<b>Cookies:</b>
- 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
<b>Topping Ingredients:</b>
- Whipped Cream
- Strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degree F. Spray a mini muffin tin with non stick cooking spray.
- Mix flour, baking soda, and baking powder together in a small bowl until combined. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl cream butter and sugar. Beat in vanilla and egg.
- Gradually stir in flour mixture a little at a time until just combined.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place in muffin tin and gently press down.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from pan.
- Puree 7-10 strawberries to make a drizzle.
- Place one strawberry in each cup. Top with whipped cream and strawberry puree.
Nutrition
Substitutions:
Top with blueberries to make the dessert look even more patriotic.
Short on time? Feel free to use pre made cookie dough (buy the tube).
What does your family usually do for Memorial Day? Do you have a favorite patriotic dessert recipe?
Great idea! I want to make this for my women’s bible study, but I need to know how many cookie cups this recipe makes. What is the yield? I don’t see it on the recipe.
Thanks Deborah!
I’m very sorry but it was so long ago I honestly don’t remember. I don’t want to guess and tell you the wrong thing.
If one follows this recipe as presented there is no instruction for using the ‘set aside” flour mixture. Not good instructions.
Thanks for pointing this out James, I’ll update the instructions right now! 🙂
This looks delicious! I just started a linkup for garden harvest recipes called Eating Inside the Box! It would be awesome if you would share this with us! Please add any other recipes to any fruit/veggie category you’d like! Enjoy the harvest!
http://www.cultivatenourishing.com/strawberries/
These are too cute!
Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday linky party!
Jenny
http://www.inthekitchenwithjenny.com
These are really fun – you should enter them into Driscoll’s strawberry shortcake contest! Love the idea of the cookie base and the quick strawberry puree. Great ideas. Saying hi from SITS Saturday Sharefest!
Love these cute strawberry short cups! Perfect for a party or picnic. Pinning! Stopping by from SITS Sharefest. Happy Weekend!
How fun are these?!?! A great twist on the traditional strawberry shortcake. I think I like your much better!
Aww thanks so much Erin! 🙂
These look fabulous!!!! I love the combos – and mini shortcakes – perfection!
Thank you Jasey!
These look delicious and so easy to make, too. What a great idea for a picnic as well as pretty much any other day of the year!
Thanks Betsy 🙂
Those are seriously so darn cute! I want one of those right this second!!
Thank you Jocelyn! I tried sending one to your via email but I think it got stuck in my cd drive 😉