These
are fun little cookies. And if you like lemon, these are great cookies.
They are crackly on the outside—from the sugar crystals—and
chewy on the inside. They are pretty enough to give as gifts and easy
to make.
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
a few drops of lemon extract
1/2 cup walnuts,
finely chopped
yellow decorating
sugar
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
1. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
Set aside.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add half the lemon juice, the
zest, and the extract. Beat until nearly combined. Add half the flour
mixture and the nuts and beat again. Add the rest of the lemon juice
and the rest of the flour mixture and beat until combined. You may need
to knead these together to form a consistent dough. Do not over mix.
3. Place the decorating sugar in a shallow bowl. If you do not have
yellow sugar, use white or add a drop of yellow food coloring to your
white sugar. You may also use turbinado sugar. Form balls the size of
walnuts and roll them in the sugar. Place the balls on an ungreased
but nonstick pan or on parchment paper. Bake for 15 or 16 minutes or
until they are nearly firm. Remove them from the oven and let them cool
for two minutes on the pan and then on a rack until completely cool.
Baker’s
note: You can purchase size AA
sugar crystals on our site.
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