Taste of Home
Lemon Snowdrops
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 40 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: 2 dozen.
I save my snowdrop cookies for special occasions. The crunchy, buttery sandwich cookie has a puckery lemon filling. —Bernice Martinoni, Petaluma, California
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon lemon extract
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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Sugar
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FILLING:
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1 large egg, room temperature, lightly beaten
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2/3 cup sugar
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2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
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3 tablespoons lemon juice
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4 teaspoons butter
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Additional confectioners' sugar, optional
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, confectioners' sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in extract. Gradually beat in flour. Shape teaspoons of dough into balls (if necessary, refrigerate dough, covered, until firm enough to shape). Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake until light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove cookies from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
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For filling, whisk together egg, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice in a small heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until blended. Add butter; cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and a thermometer reads at least 170°, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat immediately (do not allow to boil). Transfer to a small bowl; cool. Press plastic wrap onto surface of filling. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour.
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3.
To serve, spread lemon filling on half of cookies; cover with remaining cookies. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar. Store leftovers in refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts
1 sandwich cookie: 147 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 30mg cholesterol, 94mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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