Recipe: Strawberry Nut Drops with Strawberry Glaze (cookies)

STRAWBERRY NUT DROPS

1 cup sweet strawberries*
1 cup white granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp almond extract
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup confectioner's sugar (for the glaze)

Mash the strawberries. Remove 2 tablespoons of the crushed strawberries with juice (to use in the glaze). Set aside.

Cream granulated sugar, butter, and almond extract until creamy. Beat in egg.

Mix flour with baking powder and baking soda and add to creamed mixture alternately with crushed strawberries. Stir in walnuts.

Drop by tablespoons onto lightly greased, or Teflon coated cookie sheets, 2-inches apart.

Bake in 375 degree F oven for 12-14 minutes.

TO MAKE THE STRAWBERRY GLAZE:
Mix reserved 2 tablespoons berries with about 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar to make a thin glaze and spread over warm or cold cookies.

*Or one (10 ounce) package sweetened strawberries, mashed

Makes 40-45 cookies
Adapted from source: Joyce Kohl, Improvisations, 1990's