Iced Lemon Cookies Recipe
Yield: 3 dozenRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
COOKIES
1/2 cup: Sugar,
1 tsp: Lemon peel, grated
6 tbsp: Butter,unsalted, 3/4 stick
3 large: Eggs,
-at room temperature,
2 cup: Flour, all-purpose
2 tsp: Vanilla,
2 tsp: Baking powder,
ICING
1 tbsp: Butter,
2 tbsp: Lemon juice,
3 cup: Powdered sugar, sifted
1 tsp: Vanilla,
2 tbsp: Water,
Directions:
For cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line 2 baking sheets with
foil. Using electric Mixer, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and lemon
peel in a large bowl until blended. Add eggs one at a time; beating
well after each addition. (mixture may appear to curdle) Continue
beating for 1 minute. Combine flour and baking powder in a small
bowl. Add butter to flour and stir to form a soft sticky dough.
Spoon dough into a pastry bag with a 3/8" round tip. Pipe 2" diameter
rings onto baking sheets, spacing a bit apart. Using fingertips
dipped in water, smooth ends of each ring together into a smooth
ring. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
For Icing: Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over low heat. Add
sugar, 2 Tbsp of water, lemon juice and vanilla; whisk until sugar
melts and mixture is heated through. Thin with a bit more water if
mixture is too thick to brush.
Remove cookies from oven and immediately browsh with warm icing. Cool
iced cookies on sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer to rack to cool
completely.
From: Bon Appetit, May, 1995, The Mediterranean, A Delicious Voyage
of Discovery Typed by: Bob 8-{)
Submitted By ROBERT WHITE On 05-06-95
Source from luhu.jp
foil. Using electric Mixer, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and lemon
peel in a large bowl until blended. Add eggs one at a time; beating
well after each addition. (mixture may appear to curdle) Continue
beating for 1 minute. Combine flour and baking powder in a small
bowl. Add butter to flour and stir to form a soft sticky dough.
Spoon dough into a pastry bag with a 3/8" round tip. Pipe 2" diameter
rings onto baking sheets, spacing a bit apart. Using fingertips
dipped in water, smooth ends of each ring together into a smooth
ring. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
For Icing: Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over low heat. Add
sugar, 2 Tbsp of water, lemon juice and vanilla; whisk until sugar
melts and mixture is heated through. Thin with a bit more water if
mixture is too thick to brush.
Remove cookies from oven and immediately browsh with warm icing. Cool
iced cookies on sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer to rack to cool
completely.
From: Bon Appetit, May, 1995, The Mediterranean, A Delicious Voyage
of Discovery Typed by: Bob 8-{)
Submitted By ROBERT WHITE On 05-06-95
Source from luhu.jp
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