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Lemon Cookies

Posted in Cookies, Desserts, Recipes, tagged , , on March 11, 2011| 3 Comments »

The other day I was in the mood to bake something light and lemony and these super easy cookies fit the bill. There are very few ingredients, take just minutes to bake and are finished beautifully with a dusting of powdered sugar. If you are looking for a simple cookie that just screams “springtime” give these a whirl. Your taste buds might do a little dance for joy!

Ingredients for super easy lemon cookies

Melt butter, then add eggs, cake mix and lemon juice.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet.

Ready for the oven.

Bake until cookies are just set - about 8 minutes.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar...

and Enjoy!

Lemon Cookies

1 box Betty Crocker Lemon Cake Mix

2 eggs

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 tsp. lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter then combine with remaining ingredients. Drop by onto a baking sheet and bake about eight minutes or until cookies are just set. Do not let them get brown because they will get hard and goodness knows lemon cookies should be soft and luscious. It’s a law written somewhere, I’m sure!

Remove from the oven and while warm, dust with powdered sugar. Sit back and enjoy!

See, I told you they were easy!

Happy Lemon Cookie Baking!

She Who is Desperate for Spring

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Chocolate Coconut Kisses

Posted in Cookies, Desserts, Entertaining at Home, Recipes, tagged , , on January 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I promise this is the last post that will refer to my Grandma’s 1961 edition of Betty Crocker Cookbook.

When I was looking for a recipe from the cookbook to share today, I kept coming back to a simple recipe entitled Kisses. It seems way back when, before sweet drops of chocolatey goodness were wrapped in foil and mass-marketed by Hershey’s, when you talked about kisses in reference to baking you were talking about a cookie with a meringue base.

Not only are these cookies super easy to make, they are drop-your-teeth delicious!

Seriously!

I could have eaten them warm from the oven all day and not looked back. Imagine the wickedly good topping that goes on top of german chocolate cake coming in cookie form (minus the nuts). Yep, the cookies are that good!

 

Ingredients for Kisses

 

You will whip the egg whites until they start to form peaks and take on a lovely glossy sheen.

 

Although the original recipe called for brown wrapping paper, I'm using parchment paper to line the pan.

Mix in chocolate and coconut.

 

Drop by spoonful onto parchment lined pan.

 

Then enjoy!

 

Chocolate Coconut Kisses

½ cup egg whites (4 medium eggs)

1 ¼ cups sugar

¼ tsp. salt

½ tsp. vanilla

2 ½ cups moist shredded coconut

2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted and slightly cooled

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Separate eggs and beat whites until frothy. Gradually add in sugar. Continue beating with mixer until very stiff and glossy. Stir in salt, vanilla, coconut and chocolate until mixed. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls two inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment (the original recipe called for ungreased brown wrapping paper). Bake about 20 minutes or until set and delicately browned. Lift off paper, lay wet towel on hot baking sheet. Place paper on towel. Steam will loosen kisses. Slip off with a spatula. Eat one, and savor the bliss.  Force yourself to share.

Happy Baking!

Shanna

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