Sugar Cookies With Lemon Balm Tincture Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using the paddle in a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and mix well. Add lemon balm tincture and zest of one lemon (1-2 tablespoons). Mix until combined.
• 2. Sift flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients 1/2 a cup at a time, mixing until incorporated before adding more dry ingredients.
• 3. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough (I use a tablespoon cookie scoop) onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown slightly.
• 4. Remove cookies from oven, cool on cookie sheet 3-5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 5. Mix together 1 cup of powdered sugar and about 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice. Transfer the icing to a cookie icing bottle and decorate cookies using a zigzag lined pattern as seen in the picture.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars and oil until blended. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; stir into butter mixture (dough will be stiff)., Roll into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press with bottom of a glass dipped in water, then in sugar. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, pudding mix, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl; set aside.
• Combine white sugar, brown sugar, and lemon zest in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed to release oils of lemon zest into sugar, and until fragrant, about 20 seconds. Add melted butter and mix on medium speed until smooth, about 20 seconds. Add eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla and mix until smooth, about 20 seconds. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix on medium-low speed until just combined (be sure not to overmix), about 20 seconds. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl and mix for 2 more seconds.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours, up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) with racks on upper and lower third of oven. Place remaining 1/2 cup sugar on a shallow plate and set aside. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Remove cookie dough from refrigerator and scoop with a spoon or ice-cream scoop into 2 1/2 ounce balls. Roll with hands to form an even ball and roll in sugar. Place about 1 1/2-inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Place baking sheets on upper and lower racks and bake until cookies have spread, are starting to crackle on top, and are golden brown around the edges, 15 to 18 minutes, rotating pans and switching racks halfway through. Remove and let cool slightly on baking sheets, about 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.