Lemon Snowball Food

LEMON SNOWBALL

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over cold water. Let stand 5 minutes. Add boiling water; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add next five ingredients; mix well. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to thicken, about 25 minutes., In another bowl, beat 2 cups cream until stiff peaks form; fold into lemon mixture. Line a 12-cup bowl with plastic wrap. Layer with 1 cup each lemon filling and cake cubes. Repeat layers five times; top with remaining filling. Refrigerate, covered, 6 hours or up to 2 days., To serve, invert bowl onto a large serving platter. Remove plastic wrap. Beat confectioners' sugar and remaining cream until stiff peaks form; spread over cake. Sprinkle with coconut.

LEMON SNOWBALLS COOKIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and egg until well blended. Add lemon juice and zest. Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Add almonds. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or overnight. , Roll into 1-in. balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned (cookies will not brown on top). , Remove immediately to wire racks; cool for 5 minutes, then roll in confectioners' sugar.

LUSCIOUS LEMON SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Combine sugar and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse several times to bruise lemon zest. Transfer 1/2 cup sugar mixture to a bowl.
• Beat butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl until creamy and well-combined; mix in remaining lemon-sugar mixture, egg, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Use an electric mixer to beat baking powder and salt into moist ingredients; gradually beat flour into mixture to make a dough. Freeze dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll in reserved 1/2 cup lemon sugar. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Press cookies down slightly to flatten and sprinkle each cookie with about 1/8 teaspoon of the remaining lemon sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm on bottoms, 10 to 12 minutes.

LEMON SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Cut lemons in half lengthwise to resemble boats.
• Cut a small sliver of peel from bottom of lemons to stabilize base.
• Remove pulp from lemons to form a "shell" using a spoon or melon baller.
• Cover with plastic wrap and freeze.
• In large glass bowl, combine zest, juice, milk and cream.
• Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
• Cover with plastic wrap and freeze 8 hours or more.
• Remove from freezer, if necessary, break up ice crystals.
• Process in food processor until smooth. Do not over process, mixture should hold very firm peaks.
• Spoon into lemon shells, cover, and freeze until firm, 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• Garnish if desired.

LEMON SNOWBALL CAKE

Steps:

• Line a 3 quart bowl with 2 pieces of wax paper, one on top of the other.
• Let each piece extend over the opposite edges of the bowl, so all edges are covered.
• The paper will be wrinkled.
• Set bowl aside.
• Cut angel food cake into 1" cubes and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand 5 minutes to soften.
• Add boiling water and stir until gelatin is dissolved.
• Stir in granulated sugar, salt, orange juice concentrate, lemon juice and peel.
• Refrigerate for 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until partially set and mixture mounds when dropped from a spoon.
• In a large bowl, whip 1 pint cream until it forms soft peaks.
• Fold gelatin mixture into whipped cream.
• Spoon a small amount of lemon mixture into bottom of the prepared bowl to cover bottom.
• Scatter several pieces of the angel food cake over lemon mixture.
• Continue alternating lemon mixture and cake until all is used.
• Cover with plastic wrap and foil.
• Refrigerate 1-2 days before serving.
• Before serving, invert bowl onto serving platter. Carefully remove bowl and wax paper.
• In a small bowl, whip 1 cup cream and powdered sugar until stiff.
• Frost top and sides of molded cake with whipped cream.
• Sprinkle top and sides of cake with coconut (if desired) and garnish with a lemon rose or mint leaves.

LEMON SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°.
• In a mixing bowl; cream butter, sugar and egg until blended.
• Add lemon juice and zest.
• Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into creamed mixture; add in the almonds.
• Cover, and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours or overnight.
• Roll into 1-inch balls.
• Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until bottoms are lightly browned (the cookies will not brown on top).
• Remove immediately to wire racks; cool 5 minutes, then roll in icing sugar.

LEMON COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and extracts, beating well.
• Add flour, lemon rind, and salt, beating until combined.
• Stir in coconut.
• Cover and chill dough 30 minutes.
• Shape dough into generous 1" balls; place 1" apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden on bottom, but pale on top.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool 5 minutes.
• Place 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar in a bowl, and roll warm cookies in powdered sugar, coating well.
• Cool cookies completely on wire racks.
• Roll cooled cookies in powdered sugar again, coating well.

LEMON SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl beat shortening, ginger, vanilla, crushed loose tea leaves, and lemon peel on medium speed until fluffy. Add brown sugar; beat until well combined. Beat in the ground ginger, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat in eggs. Beat in as much of the flour as you can; stir in remaining flour by hand. Refrigerate dough 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• Heat oven to 350*F.
• Shape dough into 1" balls. roll in granulated sugar and place on two ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets. Move to wire racks to cool completely. Dip in Powdered Sugar Glaze and toppings; let stand on waxed paper to dry.
• Powdered Sugar Glaze:.
• In a bowl stir 1 cup powdered sugar and about 4 teaspoons water to reach drizzling consistency.
• Chocolate Variation:.
• Prepare as directed, adding 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder with the brown sugar, and reducing the flour to 2 1/3 cups. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are set. Dust with powdered sugar.

LEMON SNOWBALL TORTE

Steps:

• First, combine condensed milk, lemon juices and peel together and whisk until smooth and thickened.
• Then, fold in whipped cream.
• Cut the angel food cake into 3 horizontal pieces.
• After placing bottom layer of cake on a serving platter, spread it with 3/4 cup of the cream mixture Top with the second or middle layer of cake.
• Spread 2nd layer with 3/4 cup of cream mixture.
• Add the third and final layer and top with remaining cream mixture over the top and sides.
• Sprinkle coconut over all sides and top of cake, patting into place.
• Cover.
• Refrigerate for 4 to 12 hours.
• NOTE: It is imperative to use the exact amount of lemon juice called for as the mixture will not thicken properly otherwise.