Shortbread Lemon Cookies
Shortbread Lemon Cookies might be a good recipe to expand your dessert repertoire. For 29 cents per serving, this recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 134 calories. This recipe serves 3
- Prep time
- 13 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 36 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1.5 sticks butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 cups almond flour
- 0.5 cup caster sugar
- 1.25 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 4 small lemons
- 36 servings powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1
Beat butter with one egg.
- 2
Add almond flour, sugar, all-purpose flour, and lemon juice, and mix with the mixer on the lowest setting.
- 3
Shape the dough into two rolls, about 2 inches each in diameter, and put in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
- 4
Preheat oven to 35
- 5
Slice each log into cookies, about 1/8 inch thick, and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
- 6
Beat the second egg and brush the top of each cookie with it.
- 7
Place one lemon slice on top of each cookie.
- 8
Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 12-15 minutes.
- 9
If you like the tops of the cookies browned, put them under the broiler the last 5 minutes of baking.
- 10
Cool and optionally sprinkle with powdered sugar (optional).