Lemon Shortbread
Recipe: #3311
December 03, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Lemon, British, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Rim, Baby Shower Brunch, Christmas, Easter, New Years, Potluck, Oven Bake, more
"A melt in your mouth shortbread with the tangy flavour of lemon"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (13.1 g)
- Calories 65.6
- Total Fat - 3.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0.8 mg
- Sodium - 34.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.1 g
- Sugars - 2.8 g
- Protein - 0.5 g
- Calcium - 4.4 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine flour, corn starch, icing sugar and lemon rind in a large bowl. With large spoon, blend in butter. Work with hands until a soft, smooth dough forms.
Step 2
Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut in shapes with cookie cutters. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with coloured sugars if desired. Bake at 300 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from sheet, cool completely.
Step 3
Variation: Lemon Almond- Add 3/4 cup finely chopped unblanched almonds to dough or Lemon poppyseed- Add 1 tablespoon poppy seeds to dough.
Tips
No special items needed.