Lemon Snowflakes Food

LEMON SNOWFLAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, whipped topping and egg until well blended. Batter will be very sticky., Drop by teaspoonfuls into confectioners' sugar; roll lightly to coat. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned and tops are cracked. Remove to wire racks to cool.

LEMON SUGAR COOKIE SNOWFLAKES

Steps:

• For the cookies: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the confectioners' sugar and butter. Add the lemon extract, vanilla extract and eggs, and mix until the eggs are incorporated. Add the flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing between each addition, and then add the zest. The dough should be soft, but not sticky. Roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment paper to about 1/4-inch thick. Use snowflake cookie cutters to cut out the cookies (25 to 30 cookies depending on the size) and place on the prepared sheets. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer the cookies to cooling racks and cool to room temperature before decorating.
• Roll out the modeling chocolate using a pasta roller or heavy rolling pin to 1/8-inch thick. Using the same snowflake cookie cutter (wiped clean with a paper towel), cut out the snowflake shapes.
• For the syrup: Warm the corn syrup in the microwave, 20 to 30 seconds, then stir in the almond extract.
• Using a pastry brush, paint the top of a cookie with the syrup and immediately, but carefully, place a modeling chocolate snowflake on top. Position the modeling chocolate carefully before setting on a cookie, as it will stick very quickly. Rub your fingers over the edges gently to secure the modeling chocolate. Repeat for the remaining cookies.
• Use the remaining syrup to decorate the cookies. Paint a design, the edges or the entire surface of the cookies, and top with nonpareils, sanding sugar, crystal sugar or other decorations.

LEMON SNOWFLAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix the cake mix, egg and whipped topping together. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended (batter will be sticky).
• Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into the confectioners' sugar and roll to coat. Place cookies onto ungreased baking sheets and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

LEMON SNOWFLAKES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, whipped topping and egg.
• Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• Batter will be VERY sticky -- and I can't even begin to tell you how sticky it is. :).
• Drop by teaspoonfuls into confectioner's sugar; roll lightly to coat.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned on edges.

LEMON SNOWFLAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all ingredients.
• Drop by balls in powdered sugar.
• Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

LEMON SNOWFLAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and grease several baking sheets with nonstick spray.
• Stir together the flour, soda, tartar and salt.
• Cream together the butter, oil and sugar until well blended. Beat for 1 to 2 minutes until lightened in colour.
• Add the egg, lemon zest, juice and extracts. Blend well.
• Beat in the dry ingredients one half at a time until evenly incorporated. Dough will be soft, but let stand for 5 minutes or so to firm up slightly for easier handling.
• Put 2 Tbsp of granulated sugar into a saucer. Lightly oil the etched bottom of the glass tumbler (or salt shaker, small bowl or vase) making sure to coat all the grooves.
• With lightly greased hands form small portions of dough into 3/4-inch balls.
• Dip the top of each ball into the granulated sugar and place on the cookie sheets, sugar sides up, about 2 1/2-inches apart. Press down on cookie tops until design is imprinted and cookies are flattened to about 2-inches in diameter. (You may need to wipe sugar off glass peridically and re-oil)Garnish cookie tops with edible glitter if using.
• Bake one sheet at a time in the upper third of the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the cookies are barely firm in the centers and faintly tinged with colour at the edges. Remove from oven, wait 2 or 3 minutes, then remove from cookie sheet to wire racks to finish cooling.
• Lightly dust tops with a little icing sugar to finish off. Let cool completely.
• Will keep in airtight storage at room temperature for up to 10 days or can freeze for up to a month.

LEMON SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, confectioners' sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. Gradually beat in flour. Shape teaspoonfuls of dough into balls (if necessary, refrigerate dough, covered, until firm enough to shape). Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar. Bake until light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove cookies from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, whisk together egg, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice in a small heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until blended. Add butter; cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and a thermometer reads at least 170°, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat immediately (do not allow to boil). Transfer to a small bowl; cool. Press plastic wrap onto surface of filling. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour., To serve, spread lemon filling on half of cookies; cover with remaining cookies. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar. Store leftovers in refrigerator. Freeze option: Freeze unfilled, undecorated cookies in freezer containers. To use, thaw cookies in covered containers. Fill and decorate as directed.