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Lemon cookies - a delicious gift for a special occasion

Lemon cookies have the appearance of dusted with frost, as if snow-covered pastries, porous in the crack, soaked in zest, sprinkled with sweet powder. The recipe for making it is very simple and is similar to the version with shortcrust pastry with the addition of lemon (juice + zest).

The calorie content of dessert varies from 380 to 438 kcal per 100 g, and depends on the ingredients. In this material we will look at how to bake lemon shortbread cookies in several variations step by step and with bright photos.

Delicious lemon cookies

This is an ordinary citrus delicacy with an invigorating, catchy, slightly chilly color and an unusual smell that, spreading throughout the house, attracts the whole family to the kitchen.

• Butter and sweet sand – 100 g each;
• One testicle;
• Flour – 290-300 g;
• Baking powder – 6-7 g;
• Lemon;
• Salt – 1/4 small spoon;
• Sweet powder – 70 g;
• Vanillin - optional.

Lemon Cookies Recipe:

1. You can use a food processor or knead the dough by hand. In a container or ladle of a kitchen appliance, combine an egg, softened butter, sugar, 200-250 g of flour, add salt, stir;
2. If you take the “knife” attachment when using the unit, it will take one and a half minutes to grind;
3. Using a grater with small holes, remove the zest (top layer) into thin shavings, without touching the snow-white, bitter layer, squeeze out the juice, remove the seeds;
4. Carefully mix lemon zest and juice with flour crumbs. Place the still sticky dough mass on the table and add 1-2 tablespoons of flour. Knead further until soft and smooth. You can knead a dense, stiff dough (add more flour);
5. Divide the dough layer in half in the shape of sausages, wrap it in film, and put it in the freezer for 20 minutes. Thanks to cooling, the dough does not stick to the knife and becomes obedient;
6. We cut cool semi-finished products into a width of 4-5 mm, without the help of others we will give them an oval, round shape, the appearance of a crescent, a “heart”;
7. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, lay out the cookies, bake for about half an hour at a temperature of 180 degrees;
8. Dip the hot sweet dessert into sweet powder. With all this, a whitish shell will appear, and the “powdered” tender cookies with lemon are ready. It is stored in a glass container or in a cardboard bag.

Variant of lemon cookies with coriander from Yulia Vysotskaya

Citrus pastries are a delicious delicacy that will make not only kids, but also adult gourmets go into ecstasy. Fragrant lemon cookies from Yulia Vysotskaya with coriander will unsurpassably increase your appetite and mood.

• 110 g butter;
• A glass of flour;
• Lemon;
• Sea salt - a pinch;
• A teaspoon of coriander;
• Sweet powder – 130 g.

1. Three lemon zest on a small grater;
2. Grind the coriander in a mortar and mix the ingredients well;
3. Using a blender, beat 100 g of powder and melted butter, add a mixture of zest and coriander, add salt, beat again;
4. Add flour and use a blender to slowly mix everything into crumbs;
5. From the test mass we make blanks of various shapes, whatever you like;
6. Line a baking sheet with parchment, coat with butter, lay out the sweet products;
7. Set the temperature to 190 degrees, bake the dessert in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. Sprinkle the resulting luxurious dish with powder.

Curd cookies with lemon

This is an amazing pastry with an impeccable combination of sweetish curd mixture and lemon sourness, covered with a spectacular glaze. Lemon curd cookies are an easily accessible and healthy dish for the home cook.

• Butter and sweet sand – 50 g each;
• Flour and cottage cheese - 100 g each;
• Egg yolk;
• Honey – 10 g;
• Baking powder – 5 g;
• Vanilla essence – ¼ teaspoon;
• Sweet powder – 50 g;
• Lemon zest - a large spoon.

1. Using a mixer or blender, beat the yolk, cottage cheese, and sugar until smooth;
2. Add vanilla, melted butter, and honey to the mixture;
3. Stir until smooth, add baking powder and sifted flour;
4. Add lemon zest and knead the dough from the purchased mixture. Roll it into a sausage and divide it into 16 pieces of equal size;
5. Make balls, flatten them with a fork and place them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper or coated with oil;
6. Bake for about 15 minutes at a temperature of 180-190 degrees;
7. We make the glaze at home: combine a huge spoon of water with sweet powder to make a thick but flowing mass. We will cover the products on top with the finished glaze, allow time to harden and serve.

This sweet masterpiece will be perfectly complemented by a cup of coffee, tea, or milk.

Cookies with lemon inside

If you like these fruits, then these cookies with lemon inside will become your favorite treat. Crumbly, airy shortcrust pastry mixes with the bold taste of citrus. The dish will not be very rich if you use peeled lemon without skin for the inside.

• 3 cups flour;
• 200 g each of butter and sour cream.

• A glass of sugar;
• Lemon.

1. Cut the cool butter into pieces and place in a food processor along with the flour and sour cream. Stir until the dough comes off the walls;
2. If you don’t have a kitchen unit, first mix the butter and sour cream, add flour and mix with your hands. The test mass should come away well from your hands;
3. Divide it equally, put it in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours, placing it in cling film;
4. Heat the oven to 190 degrees and create the filling: grate the lemon on a small grater, add sweet sand, mix;
5. Take out one half of the dough and roll it out into a layer 2-4 mm wide. Roll it onto a rolling pin and transfer it to a baking sheet (lay down parchment paper in advance);
6. Place the filling on the dough;
7. Roll out the second half of the test mass and, using a rolling pin, cover the first layer with the inside. We pinch the edges of the product, use a fork to create pricks on the upper part;
8. Place the dough in the oven for 25 minutes, bake until golden;
9. Next, take out the dessert and cut it into diamonds.

When serving, you can sprinkle the delicacy with sweet powder.

Mint Lemon Cookies

These homemade, delicious lemon cookies simply melt in your mouth and have a delicate pistachio color. The finished products have a wonderful and piquant smell with a fresh minty note.

• 2 eggs;
• A glass of sugar;
• Lemon;
• A large bunch of mint;
• Butter – 180 g;
• 400 g flour;
• Salt.

1. Cut the lemon as desired;
2. Place mint leaves (without stems) in a blender with pieces of lemon and sugar, leaving only 2 tablespoons of the latter, beat until smooth;
3. Grind the melted butter with a pinch of salt and the remaining sugar, add the eggs, beat (preferably with a mixer);
4. Add lemon and mint to this mixture, mix, add sifted flour;
5. Knead the dough, gather it into a ball, wrap it in film, put it in the refrigerator for an hour;
6. Then roll out into a layer 8-10 cm wide, cut out the cookies with a glass or curly notches;
7. Place the figures on a baking sheet, previously covered with baking paper, bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 20 minutes until golden brown.

Mint and lemon will give baked goods a special taste, and sweet, crumbly, beautifully colored cookies will amuse your loved ones.

Video: Recipe for delicious lemon cookies

Lemon Cookies - 7 Simple and Savory Recipes

Lemon cookies are a tender and fragrant delicacy that you can make with your own hands and amuse your loved ones with homemade baked goods. We offer several diverse and most successful options for making this dessert.

Lemon cookies are ordinary but delicious

A simple way to make lemon cookies:

• 100 g plums. oils;
• ¾ cup sugar;
• testicle;
• 1 table. l. fresh lemon zest;
• 1 ½ tsp. l. lemon juice;
• ¾ tsp. l. vanilla;
• ¼ tsp. l. soda;
• 1 ¼ cups flour.

Lemon cookies are prepared as follows:

1. You can immediately turn on the oven to heat it up - the dough cooks very quickly.
2. Beat soft butter and sugar until fluffy, after which you can add all the ingredients from the recipe, not counting the flour. Beat everything at the highest speed of the mixer.
3. Reduce speed and sift flour into mixture. Knead the thick dough.
4. Place small flat cakes - cookies - on a baking sheet with a small spoon, leaving space between them - the dessert will rise. If desired, you can sprinkle with sugar or crushed nuts.
5. Bake at 180 degrees. for 12 minutes - during this period of time the cookies will brown.

Recipe from Yulia Vysotskaya

Cookies from Yulia Vysotskaya consist of:

• 260 g flour;
• 135 g plums. oils;
• 100 g sugar;
• 1 lemon;
• 1 egg yolk;
• 2 table. l. flour.

Julia advises preparing dessert according to this principle:

1. Cut the butter into cubes in a food processor, add flour and sugar to it, and grind the food into crumbs at low speed.
2. Zest the washed lemon and mix with half the prepared milk. Add the mixture to the dough and add the remaining milk. Knead the dough.
3. Cool the ball of dough - half an hour in the refrigerator will be enough.
4. Take out the dough and, pinching off pieces, roll into balls or sausages.
5. Bake for 10-15 minutes.

Cooking in Italian

Italian citrus cookies consist of:

• 280 g flour;
• 100 g plums. oils;
• 100 g sugar;
• 1 lemon;
• testicle;
• 8 g baking powder;
• a pinch of salt;
• a little sugar and powder for coating the cookies.

Prepare zest and juice from lemon in advance.

Then the manufacturing process is similar to the previous recipes - beat all the ingredients well with a mixer. Place the purchased dough in a bowl, cover it with film and put it in the cold for an hour - according to the mixture, it should be soft and sticky.

Cool dough will roll into balls more easily. They need to be lightly rolled in sugar and sweet powder and placed on a baking sheet. Bake at 180 degrees. a quarter of an hour - the cookies will retain a light color, they should be that way. When hot, the baked goods are quite fragile, so remove them and transfer them to a dish very carefully.

Lemon cookies

A selection of lemon cookie recipes with step-by-step photos and instructions. We will tell you and show you how to make cookies with lemon and lemon zest, tasty and simple!

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Lemon Cookie Recipes

Ingredients

Butter – 40 g

Sour cream 10% – 25 g

Wheat flour – 130 g

Baking powder – 1 tsp.

Chicken egg – 1 pc.

Sweet powder – 4 tbsp.

Vegetable oil - for frying

Ingredients

Lemon – 100 gr

Sugar – 1 glass

Flour – 2 cups

Vegetable oil – 0.5 cups

Ingredients

Oatmeal – 50 g;

Wheat flour – 1.5 cups;

Vegetable oil – 100 ml;

Sugar – 100 gr.

Ingredients

Flour – 3.5 cups

Sugar – 1 glass

Vegetable oil without aroma – 100 ml

Lemon zest – 1 pc.

Ingredients

Wheat flour – 270 g

Baking powder – 8 g

Butter – 50 g

Chicken egg – 1 pc.

Cream (20-30%) – 80-100 ml

Lemon zest – 1 tbsp.

Ingredients

Butter – 200 gr;

Sweet powder – 100 g;

Lemon zest – 1 tablespoon;

Flour – 240 gr;

Starch - 2 tablespoons.

Ingredients

Wheat flour – 300 g

Butter – 100 g

Zest of 1 lemon

Lemon juice – 1 tbsp.

Additionally:

Chicken egg – 1 pc.

Ingredients

Butter – 200 g

Wheat flour – 540 g

Chicken egg – 2 pcs.

Zest of 3 lemons

Lemon juice – 80 ml

Baking powder – 16 g

For sprinkling:

Ingredients

Wheat flour – 360 g

Baking powder – 0.5 tsp.

Butter – 230 g

Salt – 1 pinch

Sugar – 1 cup (240 ml)

Lemon zest – 1.5 tbsp.

Vanillin – 1 pinch

Lemon juice – 0.5 tsp.

Cream:

Cream cheese curd – 220 g

Sweet powder – 50 g

Vanillin – 1 pinch

Lemon juice – 0.5 tsp.

Ingredients

Chicken eggs – 3 pcs.

Butter – 150 g

Wheat flour – 220 g

Baking powder – 1 tsp.

Lemon (zest) – 1 pc.

Ingredients

Wheat flour – 2 cups

Sugar – 1 glass

Butter – 100 g

Baking powder – 1 tsp.

Salt – 1 pinch

Vanilla sugar – 1 tbsp.

Ingredients

Hazelnut flour – 100 g

Chopped almonds – 100 g

Almond nut flour – 100 g

Candied lemon peel – 100 g

Candied orange peel – 100 g

Sweet sand – 150 g

Gingerbread seasoning – 1 tsp.

Sweet powder – 250 g

Ingredients

Sweet powder – 75 g

Vanilla sugar – 15 g

Butter – 175 g

Sweet sand – 100 g

Ingredients

Rice flour – 250 g

Baking powder – 8 g

Lemon (zest) – 0.5 pcs.

Butter – 150 g

Chicken egg – 2 pcs.

Ingredients

Corn flour – 100 g

Wheat flour – 80 g

Sweet powder – 80-100 g

Lemon (zested) – 1 pc.

Chicken egg – 1 pc.

Egg yolk – 1 pc.

Baking powder – 10 g

Turmeric – 1/4 tsp. optional

Sea salt – 1 pinch

Ingredients

Lemon zest – 2 tbsp.

Lemon juice – 50 ml

Butter – 60 g

Wheat flour – 180 g

Chicken egg – 1 pc.

Baking powder – 1/2 tsp.

Salt – 1 pinch

Sweet powder – 2 tbsp

Sugar – 2 tbsp. (with a slide)

Turmeric – 3 pinches

Ingredients

Ground almonds – 200 g

Sweet powder – 100 g

Butter – 150 g

Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp.

Lemon zest – 1 tbsp.

Lemon juice – 1 tbsp.

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Italian lemon cookies

In addition to the orange liver, I would like to offer you lemon liver. Delicate, unusually airy, melt-in-your-mouth cookies made from the most ordinary goods.

Ingredients for Italian Lemon Cookies:

• Wheat flour / Flour – 280 g
• Butter (or vegetable margarine) - 100 g
• Sugar - 100 g
• Lemon (juice and zest) - 1 pc.
• Chicken egg - 1 piece
• Baking powder - 8 g
• Salt - to taste

Nutritional and energy value:

Ready meals
kcal 2230.7 kcal	proteins 35.4 g	fat 92.6 g	carbohydrates 317.2 g
100 g dish
kcal 323.3 kcal	proteins 5.1 g	fat 13.4 g	carbohydrates 46 g

Recipe for Italian Lemon Cookies:

In addition to the indicated ingredients, we will need sugar and sweet powder for sprinkling.
Beat butter (or margarine) at room temperature with sugar.
Add the egg, mix until smooth (I used a mixer).

Add lemon zest and juice and a pinch of salt into the mixture. Mix.

Add flour sifted with baking powder. Mix with a spoon.

Wrap the resulting dough (quite soft and sticky) in cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Roll the chilled dough into balls (about 20 g), roll in sweet sand, then in sweet powder.

Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, spacing slightly.
Bake in an oven preheated to 180*C for 10-15 minutes. Cookies do NOT need to be “brown.”

After removing the cookies from the oven, leave them on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes, then carefully (hot cookies are quite fragile) transfer them to a wire rack and cool.

Store cookies in a closed tin box.
Enjoy!

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