Butter Lemon Cookies

Lemon cookies taste tangy and sweet. These stand apart from the very regular style of cookies.

A great taste to try on.

Ingredients :

— All purpose flour / Maida - 2 cups

— Salt - 1/2 tsp

— Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

— Butter - 1 cup

— Confectionery Sugar - 1 cup

— Lemon juice - 3 tbsps

— Lemon zest

Lemon buttercream frosting :

— Butter - 4 tbsps

— Confectionery Sugar - 2 cups

— Lemon juice - 1/2 cup

— Lemon zest

Recipe :

1. Mix All purpose flour /Maida, salt and baking powder together and keep aside

2. In another bowl, start beating the butter to make it soft. Add sugar and start beating it together.

3. Now add flour mix in batches and mix properly.

4. Then add lemon juice and lemon zest ( grate the lemon peel into the mix). Add little zest and mix.

5. Now refrigerate the cookie dough for 1 hr or till it hardens up.

6. After the dough gets hardened, slice the dough and if you want you can make balls and press little to make round shapes or leave them as squares.

7. Bake them at 350 F for 8 - 10mins. The bottom of the cookie should be little brown and surface should be white.

8. Demould after 2-3 mins or else they might break up completely. If the base becomes black you can grate the base slightly.

9. Now these taste great as is, you can also frost the cookies for a different lemony flavor.

10. Lemon buttercream Frosting : In a bowl, beat butter and batches of sugar.

11. Add lemon juice and lemon zest and mix properly. Make it little running with lemon juice.

12. Dip the surface of the cookie and place aside or refrigerate till it dries.

13. Enjoy the pleasure of the tasty lemon cookies with or without frosting.

Comments

Khus Khus...Cool Funda...Beat the Heat this Summer....

Common Question in this Season ... How to beat the Heat without a/c?? .. How to cool the body heat ?? Simple Solution : Khus Khus Khus Khus ..its nothing but lemon Grass...its roots are dried and made as mats... used as curtains this summer.... either its a balcony / a window / a door... any size customizable .. easily available in market... Install it over the places where you get more heat waves... keep them watered regularly and see... your house gets cooled in no time.. no matter what .. the fragrance is an add-on ... must try ... More Facts / Uses about Khus Khus: Khus Khus is used as culinary element in most of the thai dishes (its nothing but lemon grass..) Aroma Oil of Lemon grass enhances your mood .... used in Aroma Therapies.. and khus khus has many uses to enhance your beauty and Health naturally.. Its juice regulates body heat.. dried roots ground as a flour and used in bath powders and hair oils aswell...

Bake it ~ Cake it - Dalgona Coffee Cake

Presenting a wonderful cake from the Dalgona family. This is a no Oven, no Butter and no Egg cake. Simple and easy to bake. Ingredients : — Instant Coffee powder - 2tbsps — Sugar - 1 cup & 2tbsps — Water - 2tbsps — Buttermilk - 1/2 cup — Oil - 1/4 cup — All purpose flour / Maida - 1cup — Almond flour - 1/4 cup (Optional) — Baking soda - 1tsp — Nuttela - 2tbsps — Milk - 1/4 cup Recipe : 1. Beat 1tbsp each of Instant coffee powder, sugar and sugar together till it becomes thick. 2. Add sugar and oil and mix. 3. Add buttermilk and mix. 4. Seive in all purpose flour / Maida and mix. 5. Add baking powder and almond flour (optional). Mix without lumps. 6. Pre-heat an iron pan or heavy bottomed pan. **Used iron cast dosa pan. 7. Grease a heavy bottomed pan to pour in the batter. 8. Pour batter and tap to rel...

Bachalikura / Malabar Spinach Majjiga Pulusu

Malabar Spinach / Bachali kura is widely part of the traditional Indian cuisine. These green leaves are rich in vitamin A , C , iron and calcium. They give immense benefits to the body when eaten in right quantities. The well known Andhra dish is Kandha Bachali Koora.... Ingredients : - Bachali kura - 2 bunches - Curd - 1 1/2 cups / 300 ml appx - Green chillies - 4 slit - Besan - 2 Tbsps - Methi seeds - 8-10 - Vaamu / Ajwain - 1/2 tsp - Jeera - 1/2 tsp - Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp - Turmeric - 1/4 tsp - Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp - Curry leaves - 2 strands - Salt - Onion - 1 med (finely chopped) -Tamarind - small lemon Size (soaked in half cup water) - Oil - 3 tsp - Water as per need - Dry red chillies - 3-4 Process : 1. Clean and finely chop bachali kura / malabar spinach. 2. Heat a pan with oil and add the tempering ingredients : methis seeds, Jeera, mustard seeds, urad dal, dry red chillies, green chillies, ajwain & curry lea...

Our Cooking space and more

Search This Blog