Cookie Recipes
Delicate Lemon Tea Cake Cookies
Delicious, wonderful, yummy, tasty. These little gems are just great. They have a wonderful lemony taste with a tender cake like consistency.
Yield: 45 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar*
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk
- Additional sugar for sprinkling tops
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat butter in mixing bowl on medium speed for 1 minute until light.
- Add sugar and lemon extract, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and lemon zest and beat well.
- Stir together flour, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl. Add to beaten mixture alternating with buttermilk.
- Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle with sugar and bake for approximately 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned on edges.
Notes
* I use 1 cup for a less sweet cookie, because you sprinkle the tops with sugar.
Attribution
Posted by BettyBoop at Recipe Goldmine 10/8/2001 8:16 am.