Sugar Cookies With Lemon Balm Tincture Food

SUGAR COOKIES WITH LEMON BALM TINCTURE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using the paddle in a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and mix well. Add lemon balm tincture and zest of one lemon (1-2 tablespoons). Mix until combined.
• 2. Sift flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients 1/2 a cup at a time, mixing until incorporated before adding more dry ingredients.
• 3. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough (I use a tablespoon cookie scoop) onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown slightly.
• 4. Remove cookies from oven, cool on cookie sheet 3-5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 5. Mix together 1 cup of powdered sugar and about 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice. Transfer the icing to a cookie icing bottle and decorate cookies using a zigzag lined pattern as seen in the picture.

LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars and oil until blended. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; stir into butter mixture (dough will be stiff)., Roll into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press with bottom of a glass dipped in water, then in sugar. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.