Showing posts with label decorate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decorate. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Lemon and Lavender Cookies


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Dry Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups Cybele Pascal Gluten-Free Flour Mix
1/4 Cup Coconut Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/8 teaspoon xanthum gum
1 Tablespoons Culinary Lavender
Sift together and set aside:

In a separate bowl cream together wet ingredients:
2 Tablespoons lemon vest
1 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter
1/4 Cup strained Plain Greek Yorgurt
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Bean Paste* (you can get this online or at a fancy kitchen store)

* If you don't want to use Vanilla Bean Paste you can use regular vanilla, but only use 1 teaspoon.

Combine both bowls gradually. I get it out of the bowl and kneed it all together, but I only have a hand held mixer. The dough gets pretty stiff.

I don't chill the dough because the coconut flour would soak up all the moisture and make the dough too dry. It is nice because you don't have to plan in advance to make these yummy cookies.

Lay out your parchment and and use extra gluten-free flour to help you roll it out. Try to get them about 1/4" thick.

Place on parchment paper and doubled up cookie sheet (unless you have a fancy cookie sheet that prevents burning on the bottom).

Cook for about 15 minutes, or until they start turning a little golden brown along the edges.

Let cool and decorate with some yummy lemon royal icing!

This recipe makes about 3 dozen 3" round cookies.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Egg-Free Lemon Royal Icing

So, I am very happy with myself. This recipe is ridiculously easy and now I can get fancy with my sugar cookies. I was worried it wouldn't taste very good and just be fun for decorating, but it IS good (well, if you like lemon flavored things). Here it is!

3 Tablespoons Energ-E gluten-free egg replacer
1/2 Cup lemon juice

Whisk together until frothy, then add:

4 Cups powdered sugar

Mix together for a few minutes.

Then you can add more powdered sugar or more lemon juice to get the consistency that you like to work with. Working with royal icing is tricky and takes practice, but so fun! I let mine dry over night before serving them.