Lemon Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
Cookies
200g butter at room temperature
280g sugar
2 teaspoons of lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon
1 egg
400g plain flour
a pinch of salt
Method:
For the Cookies
Put the butter, sugar and lemon zest in a free-standing electric mixer and cream until light and fluffy (You can also use a handheld whisk).
Add the egg and mix well and lemon juice, scraping the sides of the bowl intermittently to ensure all the ingredients are incorporated well.
Add the flour and salt, mixing well. The dough should look light, feel soft and be easy to handle.
Dust a clean surface with flour and roll out the dough using a rolling pin. Cut out the shapes of your choice (on this occassion; dogs, dresses and cakes!) . Place the cookies on a well greased or lined baking tray (you will need at least two large trays) and bake for 10 minutes at 170C.
The cookies should be very light golden on the outer edges and paler in the centre. Once cooked remove the cookies from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

For the Royal Icing
Beat the egg white and lemon juice together in a free standing mixer. Gradually add the icing sugar and continue to whisk until the icing forms stiff peaks. (Word to the wise, making royal icing can be hard in your machinery so take it easy!). Separate mixture out and add desired colours. Of course you can also buy royal icing mix in a bag in the supermarket which does the exact same thing. In this instance carefully follow the instructions on the back of the pack, to ensure you achieve the right consistency

The Assembly
After my splurge on Cookie Cutters in Decobake a couple of weeks ago, I though it was about time to put them to good use. I've made a some pretty dresses, some cakes and some dogs, each decorated in the appropriate colours. You will need the following tools to get going:
- cocktail sticks
- a piping bag (with a small and medium sized nozzle)
- Food colourings ( I used Americolor gels)- fondant icing for decoration
- royal icing (colours of your choice).

E-D's Notes
- This recipe will yield approximately 20 cookies or more (depending on whether you like
picking cookie dough!).
- I made these yesterday evening, and just to note, they are very time consuming so may be a
venture better done at the weekend when you have ample time.
So sweety!!! i love it, i'll do it for my sons
ReplyDeleteyou made some of thos ebiscuits fr my dad,s first aid course so he gave me one and they were de-lish !!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked them....and hope you liked the cake too!!!
DeleteThese sound lovely. do you think it would be ok to freeze the cut shapes and bake fresh as required? (I probably won't have time to ice either way!)
ReplyDeleteI'd imagine so, I've never tried it with this dough, but it works well with other doughs so I'd defo try it out. The icing is very time consuming alright! Ideally a lazy Sunday afternoon when your not under pressure is the perfect time for these ones!
DeleteCool, fingers crossed. Thanks.
Deletei forgot to say i loved the biscuits so i gave some to my friends in school and they loved them too and they loved the cake ........ ive told all of my friends about your website
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Aw thanks a million, I'm really glad you liked them! Thanks for spreading the word too! :-)
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