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Candied Lemon Ginger Cookies

Here's how you make Candied Lemon Ginger Cookies
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  • Servings: 12-16
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 12-16 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
  • 4 ounces cream cheese (softened)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar (white)
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon lemon oil (Boyajian brand oil or 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind or 2 teaspoons lemon extract, refer to NOTE below)
  • 2 tablespoons candied lemon peel
  • 3 tablespoons crystallized ginger
  • Coarse decorator sugar
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  • Step 2: Use a whisk to mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and ground ginger.

  • Step 3: Cream softened butter, cream cheese and sugars together well, scraping sides of bowl as needed. Add egg and lemon oil (or 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind) and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.

  • Step 4: Add flour mixture gradually, blending at low speed just until combined.

  • Step 5: Finely chop lemon peel and crystallized ginger and gently mix them into the dough.

  • Step 6: Chill dough until firm.

  • Step 7: Form into 1 inch balls and roll in sparking sugar until evenly coated. Place balls 2 inches apart onto parchment lined cookie sheet.

  • Step 8: Bake 11-15 minutes until cookies are slightly puffed. Yield: 3 dozen cookies.

  • NOTE: Lemon oil is quite potent so a little goes a long way (reason for the 3/4 tsp). It adds just the right touch for anything lemon and is used by professional chefs and kitchens. Of course you can substitute lemon extract and/or peel and your recipe will work, but lemon oil is the Mac Daddy of taste. It takes 225 lemons to fill a 3.4 oz. bottle.

  • Makes 3 dozen cookies

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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