Email to Snu Me      

Recipe Categories: Net_Serf's HOME PAGEAPPETIZERS BBQ BEANSMAINDISH BEVERAGES BREAD BREAKFAST CAKESandPIES CANDY CASSEROLES COOKIES CROCKPOT DESSERTS EGGSMAINDISH ETHNIC FISHandSEAFOOD MARINADES MEATS PASTA PIZZA POTATO POULTRY RICE SALADandDRESSING SANDWICHES SAUCES SNACKS SOUPSandSTEWS SPICESEASONINGMIX VEGETABLES VEGETARIAN

Cut out- Lemon Moon Cookies

List of Ingredients





1 cup butter

1/2 cup candied lemon peel

3/4 cup powdered sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp.pure lemon extract

1/4 tsp. salt

3 tsp. lemon zest

Additional powdered sugar

In medium bowl, cream together softened butter, 3/4 cup powdered sugar, lemon extract and grated lemon zest. Stir in chopped candied lemon peel (or crystallized ginger), flour and salt just until evenly blended. On baking sheet pan, place large piece of plastic wrap; spoon dough on top of plastic wrap. Cover with another piece of plastic and press out dough with rolling pin until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Makes 9 dozen cookies. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Unwrap dough. Using a 1 1/2-inch crescent shaped cutter, cut out cookies. Reroll scraps and recut dough until all is used. Bake cookies on baking sheets for 8-9 minutes, until lightly browned on bottom. Transfer cookies to cool, flat surface. Let cool completely. Sift powdered sugar over cookies. Makes 4 dozen.

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS (per 1-cookie serving): 30 calories, 1 gram total fat (1 gram saturated)

- From the Sugar Association



Recipe



In medium bowl, cream together softened butter, 3/4 cup powdered sugar, lemon extract and grated lemon zest. Stir in chopped candied lemon peel (or crystallized ginger), flour and salt just until evenly blended. On baking sheet pan, place large piece of plastic wrap; spoon dough on top of plastic wrap. Cover with another piece of plastic and press out dough with rolling pin until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Makes 9 dozen cookies. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Unwrap dough. Using a 1 1/2-inch crescent shaped cutter, cut out cookies. Reroll scraps and recut dough until all is used. Bake cookies on baking sheets for 8-9 minutes, until lightly browned on bottom. Transfer cookies to cool, flat surface. Let cool completely. Sift powdered sugar over cookies. Makes 4 dozen.

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS (per 1-cookie serving): 30 calories, 1 gram total fat (1 gram saturated)

- From the Sugar Association