Lemon Melting Moments

By garciamoss

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup or 170 g butter
• 1/2 cup or 60 g confectioners sugar
• 2 Tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups or 190 g sifted All Purpose / plain flour

Details

Servings 9
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from lovefoodies.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Place sieved flour and sieved confectioners’ sugar in a large mixing bowl.

2. Add butter in little pieces (distribute evenly over the flour)

3. Add water, lemon extract and vanilla extract

4. Mix together very well using hands until the ingredients form a dough. You should be able to have a ‘clean’ mixing bowl with no crumbs.

5. Cover with parchment & place in the freezer for 10 minutes to firm up.

6. When firm, Fill the cookie press half full and use a template of your choice, or roll out to 1 cm thick and use a cookie cutter. Place cookies on the UN GREASED baking tray about a hand width apart.

7. Bake in preheated oven at 350F, 180C, Gas 4 for 10 minutes or until the edges just begin to slightly brown.

8. Remove from the oven, cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray then transfer using a spatula to a cooling rack. Be careful as they are delicate.