Gluten-Free Tuesday: Lemon Cookies

Name: Gluten-Free Tuesday: Lemon Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 27
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature; 2 Tbsps freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 zest of lemon, finely chopped; 118 milliliters powdered sugar plus one pound; 355 milliliters ounces white rice flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters 2.5 ounces sweet rice flour; 59 milliliters ounce tapioca starch; 0 teaspoons xanthan gum

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Gluten-Free Tuesday: Lemon Cookies a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe has 116 calories, 1g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 27. Head to the store and pick up rice flour, xanthan gum, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

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In small mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Set aside. In bowl of stand mixer or medium mixing bowl, cream together butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and lemon zest until a thick paste forms about 30 seconds. (Use medium-high speed on a handheld mixer or medium speed on a stand mixer.) Stop mixer and scrape down bowl. Turn mixer on and cream for another 15 seconds.

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Powdered Sugar

Lemon Zest

Butter

Cream

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Whisk

Add dry ingredients and mix until dough forms, about twenty seconds.

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Dough

Add lemon juice and mix until combined. Chill dough for twenty minutes.

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Lemon Juice

Dough

Scoop dough, about one tablespoon each, and roll into ball.

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Dough

Roll

Place dough on baking sheet and press dough ball down slightly. Return remaining dough to refrigerator.

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Bake until cookies are set and slightly cracked, about 18-20 minutes. These cookies don't really darken during baking. While cookies are baking, fill an 8x8-inch pan with one pound powdered sugar. Set aside

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Remove cookies from oven. Allow cookies to set for two minutes. Carefully transfer cookies to the pan of powdered sugar with a spatula. Bury cookies in the sugar and allow to cool.

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