
Lemon cookies are always a delight – not overly sweet, and full of wonderful citrusy aroma. I often add some crunchy ingredients into the dough mix (poppy seeds, or pistachio nuts). This time, I chose to add almond flour to the basic buttery dough, for its creaminess and unique texture.
The cookies are very easy to make, as they don’t need shaping, but are simply piped though a pastry bag onto the baking sheet.
Once baked, the result was just what I was hoping for: crispy and tasty cookies, with highly aromatic flavors and aroma of butter, vanilla, lemon and almonds.
The cookies are perfect for serving with hot or cold herbal tea. Try them and enjoy.
Makes: about 70 cookies
Prep time: 15 minutes
Chilling time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
For the cookies:
1 stick (115 grams) butter, very soft
2 L eggs
1 tsp vanilla paste
2 drops real almond extract
1 cup sugar
2 Tbs fresh lemon juice
1 Tbs finely grated lemon zest
1¼ cups flour
¾ cup almond flour
Dash salt
1 tsp baking powder
Slivered almonds (optional)
- Place the butter in a medium bowl. Add the eggs, vanilla and almond extract, and whisk to combine. Add the sugar, lemon juice and zest, and whisk to a light and fluffy cream.
- Add flour, almond flour, salt and baking powder, whisk briefly and switch to a spatula. Mix to a very soft dough.
- Divide the dough between two pastry bags with star tips. Place in the fridge for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 330F (165C). Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
- Pipe the dough in small mounds over the baking sheet, leaving room for the cookies to expand. Top with slivered almonds (optional).
- Bake for about 15 minutes, until the cookies start to brown around the edges. Leave in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a rack, to cool to room temperature. (The cookies will be fairly soft at this point, but will crisp up once cooled completely.)
Wow ! So beautiful recipe of cookies. Well shared ☺️🌹 Tell me can i make it without egg? ☺️😀
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Thank you Priti, I’m glad you liked the cookies. I’m afraid I haven’t tried making them without eggs. But you can check the following link, for peanut butter bars, made without eggs. 🙂
https://ronitpenso.wordpress.com/2019/02/03/peanut-butter-jelly-and-salted-peanuts-bar-cookies/
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Okay thank you 😃😊
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My favorite part is the lemon zest. It really brightens the flavor!
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Thank you Bob, it’s a favorite of mine as well. It brings such a lovely fresh citrus aroma to just about any dish! 🙂
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Lemon cookies are always a delight.
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Couldn’t agree more! 🙂
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These so lovely! First, the lemon, then the almond, two favorites rolled into one. I love that these are not too sweet, so the flavor must be even more delightful!
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Thank you Dorothy, I’m glad you liked the cookies. These flavors work so well together, and the sugar level is not too overpowering. The only problem is they tend to disappear very quickly! 🙂
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Ah! No keeping quality!
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😀
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I love citrus anything (or just about). They look perfect and I bet they smelled even better. I wonder if you could use the dough to make spritz cookies (thinking about holiday cookies) ?
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Thank you Judi, I’m glad you liked the cookies. They are indeed made with us citrusholics in mind!
I’ve never used spritz gun, but I think they can work with it. I hope it’ll work for you. 🙂
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I’m sure it would work and have printed your recipe to save for the holidays. I have a number of spritz versions and hope to add this to my collection in a few months 🙂
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Sounds good! 🙂
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Looks really tasty!
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Looks like I need to buy more lemons. 😜🍃🍋
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Sounds like a plan! 🙂
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It looks so delicious!
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Thank you Aletta. The cookies were very tasty – and so easy to make. 🙂
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Oh wow these cookies look so lovely! I bet even 70 of them disappears in a sec👍✨💕🍋
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Thank you Tanooki, I’m glad you liked the cookies. They indeed tend to disappear very quickly! 🙂
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Hi Ronit,
my family and I, we love cookies. I definitely will try your wonderful recipe soon. It’s better to eat sometimes only cookies and not always cakes, which we very often eat respectively too often. 🙈😂 Thank you for this great recipe and the pictures, which show so nice how to do!
Best regards from Munich,
Amalie
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Thank you Amalie, I’m glad you liked the recipe and photos, and hope you’ll enjoy these tasty cookies.
You can find more recipes for cookies by checking the Search button.
Best regards from NY 🙂
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Thank you Ronit, Oh yes … I’ve already found this wonderful selection of really great cookie recipes from you. One nicer than the other. Wow, it’s difficult to decide which one to bake first.😅
Amalie
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Thank you Amelie, for such a nice feedback. 🙂
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Delightful Ronit 😊
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Thank you Suni. 🙂
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Love these delicious cookies with lemon flavors
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Thank you Nisha. The cookies were very aromatic and tasty. 🙂
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Sounds delish 🙂
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Thank you Neetha. 🙂
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It’s new to me. But, I’m glad to know this one. 😊
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Glad to hear! 🙂
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