I’m so glad you enjoyed them so much, Sabrina! I haven’t tried swapping freeze dried strawberry powder for flour so I can’t say for sure how it would work. I do have a strawberry cookie you could try. 🙂

I had to make Valentine’s themed cookies, so I used this as a base. I basically made 2 doughs, one as per the recipe, and the other, I swapped out some of the flour and substituted dehydrated strawberry powder, food coloring (not necessary), and a touch of strawberry extract. I put both doughs in the piping bag (in batches) with a wilton 4b tip, and piped two toned heart shapes. They looked super cute and came out really tasty. Thanks for an awesome recipe!

I was thinking of making this for a post Valentine’s party. Is it possible to swap a half a cup of flour for freeze dried strawberry powder to make it pink and strawberry flavored?

Thanks!

Hi Sana! A few drops of food color gel mixed in should work just fine. 🙂

Are you weighing your flour? If so you may just need to mix the dough a little bit more. 🙂

Yours seemed softer in the video. This is the second year I have made them and I thought getting the right tip would be better but it wasn’t.

Hi Gracie! It is a stiff dough. How did yours compare to mine in the video?

Hi Marisa! You will want to omit the salt if using salted butter. 🙂

Hi Rosa! You may have needed more flour in the dough. 🙁 Was your butter to the point of being melty? How did your dough compare to the dough in the video?

I’m so sorry to hear this happened! Did you weigh your flour? Were they over-baked? Was your butter too melty? Did you make any substitutions? Having too little flour will cause them to spread and over-baking them can cause them to lose flavor. 🙁

Hi Maddie! The dough likely needed to just be mixed longer. 🙁

Unfortunately I also found this dough to be very stiff and not pipe-able despite measuring by weight vs volume. I broke 3 piping bags trying to get it to work, even after adding milk! I ended up making tiny little balls and smooshing them together to make a wreath shape, so all’s well that ends well.

Cookies themselves are delicious!

Thank you for getting back to me! I hadn’t considered that the scale may be the issue; I’ll look into that! Thank you again and Merry Christmas!

Hi Megan! Sorry for missing this earlier. This is so strange, I don’t think this is an oven temperature issue based on what you described. Honestly, it sounds like one of the wet ingredients was accidentally mismeasured (the butter or sugar would seem most likely). Is this possible? Sometimes if the scale isn’t properly tared this could happen? I honestly can’t think of anything else but would love to help you get the right results!

Hi Eric! The nuts and coconut will dry out the dough more. This is already a drier dough so I would be hesitant to add those additional add-ins without making other adjustments. 🙁

Hi Shea! It sounds like something went wrong on your end. You likely needed to keep mixing. You can watch me pipe them in the video. Yes it is a firm dough, but totally pipe-able.