We're well and truly into the Christmas spirit at chez food.baby this week and thanks to Barbara of Bungalow Barbara I have found another item to add to my Christmas gift baskets ... Lemon Sables!These are simple slice and bake cookies, basically a buttery shortbread, that can be flavoured with virtually anything. I love citrus so went with lemon and let me tell you, the smell of that lemon zest scented sugar was divine.
I found the cooking time to be way off the mark. I happened to check on these at the 12 minute mark (the recipe said 17 to 20) and they were already pretty dark around the edges.
The taste test ...
Yum, yum yum! So simple to make, no fancy ingredients but absolutely delicious. I really loved the crackly, sugar-encrusted edges. Next time though I would increase the amount of zest and maybe do a lemon-orange combo. Really though, the possibilities are endless!
Thanks Barbara, we loved these! You can find the recipe on her blog.
Susan, your sables look delicious! I bet the lemon was heavenly. I loved these cookies. Good idea on the lemon/orange combo!
ReplyDeleteThey look fabulous, and I agree with you on the baking time. Mine were very brown at 17 minutes.
ReplyDeleteThey came out beautiful!! I made mine today, half of them are too dark, but the other half survived LOL
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing! I agree with you on the timing. Yum!
ReplyDeleteLove the coarse sugar on the edges - so pretty, and I bet the textural contrast was wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for baking along with me this week! The lemon/orange combo sounds fabulous. Mine didn't take that long to bake, either.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I have a question. Did you put any zest in the sugar you rolled the dough in or just in the dough? I love lemon too so maybe I should try this version.
ReplyDeleteThey look so lovely.
ReplyDeleteI will be doing the orange soon.
your sables look beautiful! I def want to try these again with lemon! I bet they tasted amazing!
ReplyDeleteMine browned pretty quickly too! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look great! I made mine plain but have the lemon version high on my list of future cookies to make.
ReplyDeleteI so agree with you simple and so yummy! What a great Christmas cookie!
ReplyDeleteLovely cookies Susan!
ReplyDeleteHi Romaine - I fully intended to add zest to the sugar on the outside but totally forgot! I used the zest of just 1 lemon in the dough and while the flavour was lovely, it was subtle. Adding zest to the outside as well would really give it some zing!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look gorgeous! I'd like to try the lemon or orange version.
ReplyDeleteOh, they look so good! I did orange, but I do really want to try the lemon soon. Very pretty.
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