Lemon Snowflake Cookies
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Ingredients
Cookies | |||
½ | cup |
butter
or margarine,, softened |
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1 | cup |
sugar
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1 | each |
eggs
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2 | tablespoons |
milk
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1 | teaspoon |
lemon zest
grated |
|
½ | teaspoon |
lemon extract
|
* |
2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
½ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
½ | teaspoon |
cream of tartar
|
* |
¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
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Royal icing | |||
1 ¾ | cups |
powdered sugar
|
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2 | tablespoons |
water
warm |
|
1 | tablespoon |
meringue
powder |
* |
⅛ | teaspoon |
lemon extract
|
* |
1 | drop |
food coloring
blue, optional |
* |
Directions
For cookies, cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.
Add egg, milk, lemon zest, and lemon extract; beat until smooth.
In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients; add to creamed mixture and stir until a soft dough forms.
Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2 hours or until dough is firm.
Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃).
On a lightly floured surface, use a floured rolling pin to roll out dough to ⅛ inch thickness.
Use a 3 inch diameter fluted edge cookie cutter ot cut out cookies.
Transfer to a lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies are lightly browned.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
For icing: beat confectioners sugar, water, meringue powder and lemon extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer 7 to 10 minutes or until stiff.
Spoon icing into a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 24g (0.8 oz)
Critter Mom
These are such pretty cookies--I love the light blue and white and silver combination! And the lemon flavor sounds very tasty too! :)
over 11 years ago