Lovely Lemon Shortbread Cookies


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Ingredients

150 gr lightly salted butter, softened
75 gr of icing sugar
225 gr plain flour, sifted
1 tablespoon of milk
grated rind of 1 lemon

Preparation

1
Take your Kenwood or Kitchen Aid & put the K-paddle in. Place the softened butter together with the icing sugar in the bowl & beat until pale & fluffy.
2
Stir in the sifted flour.
3
Add the milk & the lemon rind.
4
Now, mix everything until it is well combined.
5
Take the dough out of the bowl & mix 1 minute with your hands. Form a thick ball & place into cling film & put away into the fridge for about 30 minutes to stiff up.
6
Later on, it will be much easier to roll out the dough to use cookie cutters.
7
After 30 minutes in the fridge, preheat the oven to 175°C. for about 10 minutes.
8
On a well floured chopping board, take the dough out of the clingfilm & cut into 2. Use 1 part & roll out to 5 mm thick. Put flour onto the rolling pin & it will be easier to roll the dough out.
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Use your favourite cookie cutters & reroll the rest of the dough again & again. Place the cookies on a Silpat or on baking sheets & bake for about 10 to 15 minutes into the center of the oven until they are a bit browned on the edges.
10
Carefully, take them out of the oven & place on a wire rack to cool down.
11
Take your second part of the dough & do the same.
12
These cookies are lovely with a good cup of coffee or some lemon tea.

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I made these lovely lemon shortbread cookies for easter. It was a long time ago that I have made cookies. I didn't want chocolate ones so I made these.
They are crumbly & buttery like shortbread should be. They are a bit different with the grinded lemon zest in them. You can taste a hint of lemon without it overpowering the cookies.

Yield:

4.0 servings

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Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 6:08pm

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