Friday, July 18, 2008

Crisp Lemon Cookies 1



When we were at our friend's house, her little girl arranged a little tea party for my girls. Oh yeah, a real tea and lemon cookies that she made herself, even served in a real tea set. Luckily my girls didn't knock over the tea or break the tea cup! The most memorable thing about this tea party for Evy was of course the lemon cookies. She couldn't stop telling me how tasty the lemon cookies were. So since she loved it so much, I went online and made her some lemon cookies. I would say the first batch that I tried, I didn't like it because the cookie was soft. I preferred my cookie crispy. Nevertheless, both my girls finished all the lemon cookies in a day. Since I was dissatisfied with the online recipe, I tried to create my own crispy lemon cookies. So, I came out with this recipe that I thought was pretty good. And I hope you will like it too!



Ingredients:


(A)
1 1/2 cup. all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/3 cup. powdered sugar

2 Tbsp. powdered milk


(B)
1/2 cup butter, softened (or 1 stick), cut into 4
2 tsp. Pure lemon extract

2 Tbsp. milk


(C)
Decorating color sugar or sprinkles (optional)

Method:

1. In a food processor, add (A), pulse to combine.

2. Add (B) and process until a dough formed around the blade. Take out the dough and give it a few knead to combine.

3. Roll into 1/4 inch and cut with a cookie cutter. Arrange on a lined baking sheet (with parchment paper) and decorate the cookies with (C) as desired.

4. Bake in preheated 350'F oven for 10-12 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cool completely on a wire rack. Keep in air-tight container.


This is my first batch of (failed) soft lemon cookies.

Don't forget to check out my perfected Crispy Lemon Cookies 2.

15 comments:

  1. How fun to have a tea party! The lemon cookies look so cute!

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  2. Those are very pretty cookies and it is lovely to catch up with friends. How old is her little one to have baked those cookies for her friends?

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  3. Can you please advise the equivalent weight for 1 stick of butter? Thanks. Beautiful cookies. I am going to make them with my two girls.

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  4. I can imagine the cute tea scene :)
    Your cookies looks so cheery, I bet your girls adored them! Just like you I prefer my cookies quite crispy. Not sure if you're aware of the Original Recipes event I'm hosting but it's about recipes we create ourselves, your recipe fits the bill perfectly. Great job!

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  5. Thanks Blur Mommy. My girls surely enjoyed the tea party.

    SiG, her little one is 10 years old. Very sweet and caring little girl. Even tried to make pancake breakfast for us.

    Charming, 1 stick of butter here is equal to 113g. Hope you like it!

    Thanks Lore. Let me hop over your blog to check out the Original Recipe event. I was not aware of it. :)

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  6. oh!! so cute those cookies!!..your gal must love cookies very much.I don't dare to bake cookies,nobody eat now.when I come back from Msia,my Christmas cookies sit sitting in few container,after 4-5 months!!.I throw all away!!

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  7. Lemon cookies...sounds very refreshing leh! Something I can eat a lot and don't feel heaty cos...lemon mah! :D

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  8. wow lovely biscuit :) u are so creative making all those cookies

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  9. i'm not big on lemons....but i have a pile of them and i think i am ready to give lemon related things a try...^_^

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  10. Tea Party! What a lovely idea.. and those little bites look so yummy!

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  11. Beachlover, actually they pick what kind of cookies. But they do love this A LOT! Evy just asked me to make again!

    Haha Tigerfish, you being funny!

    Thanks Lia, just had fun with it.

    Yeah Rita, don't waste those lemons. When I have it, I have no idea what to do with it most of the times. :P

    Thanks Jo and daphne!

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  12. OMG! the shape of your cookies really look so amazing cute!

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  14. Thanks BBOven!

    Thanks Sophie for the invite. Will sure check it out!

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