Thursday, August 25, 2011

Lemon Spritz Sunflowers

Well, I thought I'd get 'right back on the saddle' after my cooking flop yesterday and tried some Lemon Spritz Cookies from Taste of Home. It's nice to use the cookie press more often than just Christmas!
They taste great and I think this is such a cute and simple way to decorate them. 

My inspiration:

Sunny, lemon flavored cookies.
Lemon-Butter Spritz Cookies
2 C butter, softened
1 1/4 C sugar
Grated peel of one lemon
2 eggs
2 tsp lemon juice*
1 tsp vanilla
5 1/4 C flour
1/4 tsp salt
Colored sugar or other decorations
  1. Cream butter, sugar and zest till fluffy. Add eggs, juice and vanilla, mix well. 
  2. Combine flour and salt and gradually add to wet, mix well.
  3. Load cookie press. Press dough 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with sugar etc.
  4. Bake 400 degrees* for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Yield: About 12 dozen.
Notes:
  • I used the flower (ring) plate and put a little bit of dough in the open center of each flower so the decorations wouldn't fall through.
  • Added a little yellow food coloring paste too.
  • *I suggest exchanging the lemon juice for 1-2 tsp lemon extract for a bigger lemon flavor.
  • Even though the reviews for this cookie are very good, I was concerned that 400 degrees was too hot, so I opted for 375 for 10 minutes and they turned out fine.
  • The leaves are just a rolled out gum drop and shaped by hand.
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