Enjoy these lemon flavored sandwich cookies – a perfect tea-time dessert.
Tea-Time Lemon Sandwich Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 25 min
- Total 2 hr 25 min
- Ingredients 10
- Servings 48
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup vanilla ice cream, softened
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 cups all purpose or unbleached flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
Filling
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 to 3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 to 2 drops yellow food color, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, combine 1 cup butter, ice cream and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon peel; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Add flour; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. On lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with floured 1/2-inch round cookie cutter. Coat both sides of cut-out cookies with sugar; place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. With fork, prick each cookie 2 to 4 times.
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Step3Bake at 375°F. for 7 to 8 minutes or until slightly puffed but not brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool 10 minutes or until completely cooled.
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Step4In small bowl, combine powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1 teaspoon lemon peel and enough lemon juice for desired spreading consistency; beat at medium speed until smooth. Add food color; mix until well blended. Spread scant 1/2 teaspoon filling between 2 cooled cookies.
Nutrition
80
Calories
5g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Fat;Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
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