Ok, so i married a great guy who does great things for me. And he rarely asks me to do anything exceptional for him. So when he has something that he really loves and i can provide it, why wouldn't i want to do it.
It's a cookie. It makes the house smell great but it's rather involved. Not as bad as decorated sugar cookies (the rolling! the cutting! the decorating!) but more than brownie/oatmeal bar cookies. Anyway, we're making them today for his Christmas present then opening all the windows and turning on the fans so that he won't smell them when he gets home tonight. (We can do the open window thing on the first day of Winter, 21 December, here in NM because it's going to be a high of 50 today. Gotta love ABQ!!).
LITTLE DROPS OF LEMON HEAVEN COOKIES
1/3 C confectioner's sugar
1 2/3 C flour
2 stix butter (can use margarine, not as good)
1t vanilla
mix well, chill to firm (about 1hr +/-)
roll into little bitty balls (think between the size of acorns and buckeyes)
place on ungreased cookie sheet, dent each ball with tip of finger and bake 350 for 7 minutes to just beginning to tan
take off cookie sheet and let cool completely
filling:
3t (1T) lemon zest
3T lemon juice
1 egg
2/3 C sugar
1t cornstarch
1/4t salt
1T butter
mix all with whisk in pot, cook over low flame, stirring constantly, until thickened
let cool a little bit (don't want to burn your fingers!)
put in dents of cookies
dust all with powdered sugar, as desired
That's it! Good luck. It also works with limes (zest and juice) but Joe prefers lemon. I tried it with purchased lemon curd (filling) but, of course, not as good as the freshly made, homemade version.
The things you do for love.
Thanks for sharing the lemon cookie recipe. Jim will love this. His favorite lemony thing is lemon meringue pie which I really do not relish making - too much trouble and he only wants one piece and another piece three days later when the meringue is a runny mess.
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