Delicious Lemon Cherry Cookies
- September 2, 2024 by admin
- List of ingredients:
- 1 cup of butter at room temperature
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 2 big eggs
- 1 small spoon of vanilla flavor
- 2 and 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 small spoonful of baking soda
- Half a teaspoon of baking powder.
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup of cherry jam
- 2 cups of icing sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
- Grated peel of 1 lemon
- Yellow food dye (if desired).
Instructions:
Set oven temperature to 350°F (175°C). Line baking pans with parchment paper. Beat the butter and powdered sugar in a big bowl until they are light and fluffy. One egg at a time, beat in, and finally stir in vanilla essence. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate basin. Mixing until just incorporated, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ones. Lower Drop rounded portions of dough, about 2 inches apart, onto the baking sheets that have been prepped.
Make a small indentation in the middle of each cookie with your thumb or the back of a spoon, then fill it with a little quantity of cherry jam. Bake until the edges begin to turn a light golden color, 10 to 12 minutes. After a few minutes of cooling on the baking sheets, move the baked goods to wire racks to finish cooling.
Mix the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a small bowl until well combined. If desired, add yellow food coloring. Before serving, drizzle the cooled cookies with the lemon frosting and let it to solidify.