Lemon and Almond Cookies

Name: Lemon and Almond Cookies
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150 g (5½ oz) unsalted butter; 150 g (5½ oz) golden caster sugar; 1 medium egg, beaten; 300 g (10½ oz) self-raising flour, sieved; zest of 2 fresh lemons; 55 g (2 oz) ground almonds; ½ tsp almond extract

Preparation info

Makes approximately
60
small large cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spectacular Cakes

By Mich Turner

Published 2005

About

Ingredients

You Will Need

150 g (5½ oz) unsalted butter
150 g (5½

Europe
United Kingdom
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven. Have all the ingredients at room temperature. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper. Beat together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add half the beaten egg and whisk. Stir in the sieved flour, lemon zest, almonds, almond extract and the remainder of the egg to form a dough. Wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator