Thursday, December 10, 2009

On the Fourth Day of Cookies...


Lemon Rosemary Buttons! And they are cute as buttons! This recipe is also from Sunset Magazine. They are buttery and crumbly and the icing is soooo delicious! I wasn't sure what to make of eating the rosemary sprig but it added the perfect touch and wasn't "woody" like I was afraid of. You can always leave it out too, there is still rosemary in the cookie dough.


Here's the recipe!

Lemon Rosemary Buttons-
2 cups flour
1 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2 lemons
Fresh Rosemary
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix flour, butter, granulated sugar,  salt, zest of one lemon and 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary in the bowl of a stand mixer on low speed until just blended. Increase speed to medium and mix until dough is no longer crumbly and just comes together.
2. Form dough into a disk; chill 30 minutes. On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough 1/2 in. thick. Cut dough into circles with a 1 1/2 in cookie cutter. Arrange cookies 1 in. apart on baking sheets and chill 15 minutes. Bake until light golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Mix 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar with 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice and the finely grated lemon zest of 1 lemon. Sppon 1/2 tsp. glace over each cooled cookie, spreading with back of spoon, and press 1 rosemary sprig into glaze. Makes 32.






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