In article <U0TLb.13913$5V2.20341@attbi_s53>,
Julia Altshuler > wrote:
> I want to make buttery lemon cookies. I started with a recipe from a
> magazine. I can't remember which one, but the recipe seemed fairly
> standard consisting of butter creamed with sugar, egg, vanilla, flour,
> lemon zest. These were refrigerator cookies so the dough was rolled
> into a log and refrigerated overnight. I was pleased with the result as
> far as ease of preparation, texture, butteriness, crumb. They didn't
> have the intense lemon flavor I was hoping for.
>
> I decided to make them again tripling the amount of grated lemon zest.
> I couldn't find the recipe I used the first time (had written it on a
> scrap of paper in the library) so I used the recipe for refrigerator
> cookies in Joy of Cooking tripling the lemon zest. The dough is in the
> refrigerator as we speak.
>
> Question: To get an intense lemon flavor on the cookies, instead of
> pressing them in granulated sugar before baking, might I brush them with
> lemon juice mixed with sugar? I'm thinking the flavor would be right,
> but I'm worried about them burning on top. Or is there some other
> reason not to do this that I haven't thought of? I've got 3 naked
> lemons sitting in my fridge with no zest on them.
>
> --Lia
>
Those zested lemons are probably going to dry out pretty quick. :-)
You may want to make frozen lemon cubes in an ice cube tray to store the
lemon juice frozen.
For an intense lemon flavor, I've recently discovered Lemon Essential
Oil! It's not terribly expensive and oh so concentrated. I have to be
careful with it.
I use it for seafood based stir fry's and also in the lemon butter for
dipping shrimp or crab, and for treating fried fish. :-)
I don't bake much since I'm forever low carbing, so am not sure how it'd
work in baked goods, but it might help give you the intensity you are
looking for without all the liquid of lemon juice...
I just LOVE lemon! A good Atkins freindly dessert is lemon oil and
Splenda blended into some cream cheese. Eat it with a spoon. :-d
K.
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