Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Cups Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Roll cookie dough into 24 (1-inch) balls; place 1 ball in each of 24 mini muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 11 to 14 min. or until lightly browned. Immediately use handle of wooden spoon to make shallow indentation in center of each cookie cup. Cool 10 min. Run knife around edges of cups to loosen from pan. Remove from pan to wire racks; cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Chop half the strawberries. Add to cream cheese mixture; mix well. Pipe or spoon into cookie cups.
• Refrigerate 1 hour. Slice remaining strawberries, then place over filled cookie cups just before serving.

Steps:

• Mash or slice the strawberries; place in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and set aside. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. In a small bowl, beat egg and milk; stir into flour mixture just until moistened. , Fill 8 greased muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 425° until golden, about 12 minutes. Remove from the pan to cool on a wire rack. , Just before serving, split shortcakes in half horizontally. Spoon berries and whipped cream between layers and over tops of shortcakes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until blended. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, gelatin, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 30 minutes., On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-3/4-in. flower-shaped cookie cutter. Press cutouts onto bottom and up the sides of ungreased mini-muffin cups., Bake until edges are brown, 6-8 minutes. With the end of a wooden spoon handle, reshape the puffed cookie cups. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Pipe into cookie cups. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Freeze option: Transfer wrapped disks to a freezer container; freeze. To use, thaw dough in refrigerator until soft enough to roll. Prepare filling and cookies. Bake and decorate as directed.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine strawberries, 1 tablespoon sugar, and lemon juice in a medium bowl.
• Mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cream until dough starts to come together. Add strawberry mixture.
• Drop tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto nonstick baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 23 to 25 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.