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Cream butter and sugar well.
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Add in the almond extract, vanilla, egg yolk and beat well until soft and fluffy again.
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Beat the freeze dried strawberry powder and some pink food colouring if using.
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Beat in the flour until its more or less worked in (it will be a dry crumbly mix not dissimilar to shortbread in the making) then work in the chocolate - bring together with your hands.
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Take lumps of dough about 1-2 tbsp worth and roll in the palms of your hands to a rounded tall cylinder shape and place on a lined baking tray (you will need to compact the dough as you shape it in your hands especially if using chunks of chocolate to ensure it all coheres together).
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Bake in a preheated oven at 180˚C for 9-10 minutes, peeking towards the end to ensure they aren't browning.
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Remove from the oven when just set but puffy in consistency and cool for a couple of minutes on the baking tray before carefully sliding onto a rack to finish cooling - gently push the tops down to flatten a little bit if they are "too" puffy after baking.