luscious lemon cookies

as we grasp on to the last weeks of summer these lemon cookies are perfect for your labor day picnic! i am such a fan of lemon flavored treats…if i had to say i had a weakness for any sweets lemon is the one. hope you give these a try and if you loved them please come back and let me know. 

have a safe and fun weekend!!

ingredients

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder 

1/2 tsp salt

10 tablespoons of salted butter, softened 

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons lemon zest 

1 large egg plus one yolk

3-4 tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice 

3/4 teaspoon lemon extract

1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract 

1 cup of powdered sugar

directions

1. pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. in a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.

2. in a secondary bowl mix together butter, sugar, lemon zest with an electric mixer until fluffy and pale yellow.  add eggs and mix well. then add lemon juice and extracts until combined.

3. set mixer on low speed and add dry ingredients to the butter mixture until well combined. 

4.  use a 2 oz scoop to ball the cookie dough and drop in the bowl of powdered sugar. cover generously with powdered sugar. using a round medium sized cookie cutter press the dough ball with the palm of your hand to flatten and form the dough within the cookie cutter on your baking sheet. remove the cookie cutter dip in powdered sugar to prevent sticking and repeat steps until dough is gone. i learned this trick from my mom and love the perfect shape i get.

5. bake 10-13 minutes until tops are indented slightly 

enjoy!!

my favorite shortbread cookie recipe

if you have followed me for any length of time you know i am not a big fan of sweets. when i do get a "sweet tooth" its usually for something not too sweet…like a shortbread cookie. this recipe is a simple 4 ingredient cookie recipe and oh so tasty.  you can enjoy these just as they are or drizzle them with pretty much any flavor of icing (lemon maybe)…or how about dipping half of the cookie in chocolate.  we actually drizzled these with a home made fresh strawberry icing. a little more work to make the icing but it was worth it.  i will post the strawberry icing recipe and when i do i will link it up to this post as well.


ingredients
2 cups butter
1 cup of white sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
4 cups of all-purpose flower


method
1. pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F

2. cream butter and sugar until fluffy and stir in vanilla. slowly add in flour mixing well.

3. roll out the cookies or use a cookie press. we rolled these out and used a mini cookie cutter and made them into these cute frilly shapes. we baked these for 10 minutes or until a very light golden brown. baking times will vary depending on the size of cookie and oven. so if you prefer to do a larger cookie just do a test round and bake one or two to see how they turn out.

enjoy!! 

daisy cut-out cookies

you may have seen posts i have done before about baked happy!

meredith (the owner) is amazing! not only do her cookies look perfect every time but they taste even better. a lot of times the cookies that are intricately decorated do not taste the greatest or are hard…these little gems are soft and oh so yummy!

meredith made these daisy cookies for our women's event last month. i told her the colors and the theme and voila…she came up with this amazingness! i was so surprised and excited!

she does all kinds of custom orders and you can contact her through her website.

baked happy 

be careful though and order in advance this girl books up quickly!

there is also a direct link under sponsors on my blog to her business baked happy 

"go together like milk and cookies" cut-out cookies

adorable bff cookies from the pantry bakeshop in rak-uae

mm cookies

this recipe is from the hershey’s 1934 cookbook and was given to me by my cousin alisha. it was given to her by my great grandmother edna, whom we called minnie. i was lucky enough to be able to know her and actually spent a lot of time with her so this seemed extra special to me. 

the recipe is actually a base for any type of candy you would like to add to a cookie. i chose mm’s. as you can see from the pick the store was all out of the festive green and red so i opted for the regular colors. i think i nailed this recipe its pretty yummy. instead of sour milk though I used regular whole milk and i only used about a cup and a half of mm’s.

ingredients
¾ cup of sugar
½ cup light brown sugar packed
2/3 cup of butter softened
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup sour milk or regular whole milk
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
½ teaspoon of salt
2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips or other candy or nuts


preparation
1. pre-heat oven to 375 F cream the sugars and butter until light and fluffy. then add egg and vanilla; beat well. lastly add the milk and beat into mixture. 

2. in separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. whisk together to combine all dry ingredients.

3. slowly add flour mixture to sugar mixture and mix.

4. lastly fold in candy and nuts of your choice and also the desired amount you want.

5. drop by spoonfuls on cookie pan/sheet and bake 8-11 minutes

enjoy!

minnie and papa dixon (love) 

peanut butter corn flake cookies

these amazing treats are little bites of something amazing! so simple and no baking involved!!


peanut butter cornflake cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup karo corn syrup

bring to a rolling boil, turn off heat and add: 

2 cups peanut butter

mix well ; pour over 6 ½ cups cornflakes

drop on wax paper with a teaspoon or roll them into little balls like i do! (just be careful they are hot!) i make them bite sized so they are eater friendly!

makes about 7 dozen 

cooks tip:
be very careful you don’t over boil the sugar and corn syrup; you don’t want it to turn hard. 
once you have it down according to your pan and stove make a note of how many minutes 
so your cookies will turn out crunchy creamy every time.

message in a bottle cut-out cookies

thought these were such a cute idea…even creating the message in a bottle cookies with another message inside for a beach themed wedding. or sending these to your love who is far away…

created by the pantry bakeshop in rak~uae

sophia the first cupcakes and cookies

we are a fan of sophia in this house. the pantry bakeshop recently created these for a lucky 2 year old. two words…adorably perfect

pink and green cupcake cut out cookies

pink and green…sooooo adorable!

created by the pantry in rak~uae

cherry blossom cut-out cookies

cherry blossom cut-outs created by the pantry in the rak, uae

minnie mouse cupcakes and matching cookies

lishdish and her bakery team are at it again! love these little minnie mouse cookies and matching cupcakes. looks like someone is turning 1!

created by the pantry bakeshop in rak-uae

leopard print and pink baby shower cut out cookies

these are so cute…great idea for that soon to me mom who loves leopard!

created by the pantry bakeshop in rak~uae

love cut out cookies

these are super cute! great for an engagement, weddings, for that special someone on valentines day…

or maybe just because.

created by lish dish from the pantry bakeshop in rak,uae

christmas cookies...

so i had the opportunity to taste these little bites of wonder today!! 

they are just as tasty as they look...maybe even better!!

check out baked happy

if you missed the christmas deadline be sure to try them for your next occasion...you will not be disappointed!

red rose cookies

created by lishdish from the pantry in rak

chocolate pecan cookies

it's just about that time to start your holiday baking!

and these are a chocolate lovers dream...

these turned out wonderful just a little too much chocolate for me...i do not like chocolate to begin with but i still taste to see if they turn out.

mike was a fan and of course my little cookie monster loves them too.

my variation would be to use half of the chips that the recipe called for.

ingredients

2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup of butter softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 ¾ cup chocolate chunk pieces
1 ½ cups chopped pecans or whatever you prefer


preparation

1. pre-heat oven to 375F. combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.

2. beat butter, sugars, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl until creamy. add eggs one at a time mixing them after each addition.

3. gradually add flour mixture until mixed completely. then fold in chocolate pieces then nuts.

4. drop by tablespoon full onto an un-greased cookie sheet and bake 9 to 11 minutes.

enjoy!!