Hello Cookie Lovers– When Larry and I were first married, we lived in a tiny student housing apartment. Every Saturday I would grocery shop first things with a carful of other student wives. We’d drive to the market, sharing meal ideas and making our lists. Then back home, I’d clean the small apartment, which took about an hour top to bottom. And in the afternoon, bake cookies– a big batch, every week.
After 40 years, we are off our weekly cookie diet. But now and then, friends coming in does call for a big plateful of cookies. And here’s a cookie, not too sweet, with a sprinkle of sugar, the crunch of walnuts and lots of tart lemon flavor. Cookie time!
LEMON NUT SHORTBREAD COOKIES
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped fine
1/4 cup sugar
2 tab. grated lemon peel (1 large lemon)
1/2 cup butter
2 tab. lemon juice
a couple more spoons of sugar to top the cookies
Stir together the flour, sugar, nuts and grated lemon peel. Cut the butter into bits and beat it in with an electric mixer long with the lemon juice. This will take several minutes.
When the dough turns to coarse crumbs, pat it into a ball and roll it out on a floured counter with a rolling pin. Cut into shapes with a cookie cutter or knife and place the cookies onto a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
Pop them into a 350 degree oven for 20-22 minutes until they are browned around the edges. Makes about 2 dozen 2″ cookies.
Gorgeous shortbread cookie recipe!!!
Yummy 🙂
I love the fact that you maintained the weekly cookie tradition for so long. Such a beautiful story (ah, but I guess cookies catch up with you after a while… I used to bake brownies for my husband and I every week but had to stop because our 30-year-old bodies weren’t burning food like they used to!). Love the look of these cookies for special occasions/friend gatherings/treats though. Lemon is such a beautiful, fragrant addition 🙂 xx
You are so right Laura– but I do manage to find so many occasions to treat myself!
Nice I am going to make these for my son
Oh! I really hope he loves them– you must be one of those nice baking kinds of moms!!
I LOVE to bake! I actually just started up baking last year
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