Lemon Christmas cookies
These lemon Christmas cookies can be hung from the Christmas tree or can be beautifully decorated and given as a gift to friends or family members. They’re really easy to make – and they taste zingy and fresh. You can make them with oranges too!
Ingredients
Method
- Sift the sugar and flour into a mixing bowl. Crumble the butter and flour together with your fingers until you get a mixture resembling breadcrumbs.
- Add the egg, lemon zest and lemon extract. Knead it into a firm dough.
- Make a ball shape from the dough and rest it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 5 mm thickness, then cut out shapes using cooking cutters. If you want to hang them, insert a hole in the top of each cookie using a straw or skewer.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
- When the cookies are cooled, dust with icing sugar or decorate them with icing or chocolate pens, etc. Alternatively dip them into a lemon glaze and sprinkle with edible glitter or silver balls etc. – then let dry.