Strawberry Shortbread Cookies

This is a sweet treat around this time of year with strawberries being in season. Try this recipe out for yourselves and enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 cup strawberries

1 1/2 cup flour

1/3 cup unsalted margarine

1/2 cup cream cheese

1 egg

1 cup milk chocolate chips

1 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Wash and chop strawberries into smaller bite size pieces. In a medium size bowl, cream margarine, vanilla extract, sugar and cream cheese together, then add strawberries.

Next, whisk your egg in a separate bowl and then add it to the strawberry mixture. In a large bowl, mix the flour, chocolate chips, salt and baking powder together. Then add add the strawberry and cream cheese mixture to the dry ingredients. Be sure to not overmix!

Roll dough into balls and place on your baking sheet. The size of the cookie dough balls will vary depending on how large you want your cookies to be. Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes.