Lemon Snow Drops Food

LEMON SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat 1 cup butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the lemon extract with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Stir in flour and salt until dough forms. (If dough is soft, cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until firm enough to shape.)
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls about 1 inch apart. Press bottom of glass into dough to grease, then dip into granulated sugar; press on shaped dough until 1/4 inch thick.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In 1-quart saucepan, mix 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the cornstarch. Stir in remaining frosting ingredients. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• For each sandwich cookie, spread filling between 2 cooled cookies. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

CHEWY LEMON SNOWDROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the lemon zest and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Using your hands, rub the zest into the sugar for a minute or so until the mixture is very fragrant.
• Add the butter. Using the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and lemon sugar, stopping to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Add the lemon juice, honey, vanilla extract, and lemon extract and beat until combined. The mixture may look curdled because of the lemon juice.
• Add the flour, baking soda, and sea salt, and beat until the dough comes together and begins to form a ball. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Form the dough into balls about an inch and a half in diameter and place them two inches apart on a cool, ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, or until the bottoms are light golden brown.
• Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes, then carefully transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Once the cookies have cooled, toss them in powdered sugar and serve. Store extras in an airtight container.

SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Beat butter until creamy; add sugar and blend some more. Mix in the flour, nuts, vanilla and water.
• Chill until firm enough to shape with your fingers into small round balls.
• Bake at 400 F for 10 minutes, but watch them - remember they are snow drops, shouldn't even turn golden.
• Roll in sifted icing sugar as soon as you remove them from the oven. Mmm, toasty fingers coated in melted sugar!

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH LEMON SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400*.
• In a medium bowl, mix the butter/margarine, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the lemon extract.
• Stir in the flour and salt.
• If the dough is too soft, refrigerate a few hours until it's firm enough to shape.
• Shape dough into 1" balls.
• Place about 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar.
• Bake 8-10 minute or until the edges are light brown.
• Immediately remove from the cookie sheet to cool.
• Put the cookies together in pairs with the filling and then dust with the powdered sugar.
• For the Filling: Mix the sugar and cornstarch in a 1 quart saucepan.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients.
• Cooking over medium heat, keep stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
• Boil 1 minute, stirring all the while, then cool.
• Enjoy!

LEMON SNOWDROP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, egg, lemon zest, juice and butter for filliing. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes, or until mixture begins to thicken. Set aside to cool.
• In a mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, lemon zest and juice for cookies, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add flour and salt, beating until combinrd.
• Using a 1 teaspoons measure, roll dough into balls.
• Place on parchment lined baking sheets and flatten slightly.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes. Cool.
• Spread half of cookies with filling. Top with remaining cookies.
• Roll in powdered sugar.