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Lemon Snowcap Cookies

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Christmas, North American
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Chill Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 119kcal
Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen
If you love lemon, then get ready to pucker up! Lemon Snowcap Cookies are delightfully bright and tart; they're soft and moist, and they melt in your mouth. I bet you can't eat just one!
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Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest, tightly packed
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice, use fresh, not bottled
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup confectioner's sugar

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, use a hand-held mixer on high speed to beat the sugar and lemon zest together to create lemon sugar. The sugar will turn a pale yellow when done.
  • Add the butter and beat to combine until light and fluffy.
  • Next, add the lemon juice, honey, and both extracts. Beat until combined. If the mixture looks like it has curdled, don't worry. It's still good.
  • Add in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat until a dough is formed.
  • Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Begin by preheating your oven to 350°F.  Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat and set aside.
  • Roll dough into balls, using about 2 teaspoons of the mixture. Place two inches apart on prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake for 10 minutes. In the meantime, place the confectioner's sugar in a shallow bowl and set aside.
  • Once the cookies come out of the oven, transfer 4 or 5 cookies at a time to the bowl with the confectioner's sugar.  Very carefully – they are hot! – roll them around in the sugar.  Once fully coated, transfer to a wire cooling rack.
  • Once all of the cookies have been coated, allow the cookies to cool for 1 hour.  Then, re-coat the cookies a second time in the confectioner’s sugar.
  • If you are storing the cookies, stack them in layers in a container and top each layer with a dusting of any of the leftover confectioner's sugar. 

Nutrition

Calories: 119kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 13mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 118IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg