Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter (softened)
  • 115g cream cheese (softened)
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup chopped fresh strawberries
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1–2 tablespoon flour
  • 140g white chocolate chips
  • Caster sugar (optional)

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 C and line baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Pour fresh lemon juice over chopped strawberries, let sit for a few minutes before draining off liquid.
  3. Whisk together flour, salt and baking powder and set aside.
  4. Beat butter with sugar and cream cheese until it’s light and fluffy.
  5. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
  6. Gradually add flour mixture and mix until it’s well combined.
  7. Stir in white chocolate chips.
  8. Sprinkle strawberries with 1-2 tablespoons of flour, tossing them until all strawberries are coated with thin layer of flour. Stir very, very gently into the batter.
  9. Spoon batter onto baking tray, leaving a couple of centimetres of space between.
  10. Refrigerate the cookies for 5-10 minutes before baking.
  11. Sprinkle the cookies with a smidge of caster sugar if desired.
  12. Bake for 13-15 minutes, until the edges become golden brown.
  13. Let them cool a few minutes in the pan than transfer them to a wire racks to cool completely.
  14. Share and enjoy.

Makes up to 24 cookies