Preparing some cookies becomes a great plan when, like today, the month of August gives us a rainy day in which the temperature does not reach 20 degrees. And you are rustic lemon cookiesSpecifically, they seem like a good alternative for their simplicity.
The rustic lemon cookies that we propose today are cookies with a traditional ingredient list. Egg, butter, wheat flour, white sugar ... they sound familiar, right? If you already have them at home, all you have to do with them is mix them to obtain a dough that you must then bake in portions.
Don't think it is a way of speaking; Little else you will have to do to get these cookies out of the oven in just over half an hour. Cookies with a subtle lemon scent perfect for spreading in coffee. Almost everyone will like them. Do you dare to do them? If you liked these cookies try the thyme lemon shortbread, Delicious!
The recipe
- 2½ cups of wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup of white sugar
- 90 grams of butter at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- We mix and sift the flour and chemical yeast.
- We preheat the oven to 180ºC and line the baking tray with greaseproof paper.
- In a bowl we beat the eggs with the sugar until white.
- Then we add the butter and the vanilla essence and beat until integrated.
- Then gradually incorporate the flour and the lemon zest with the help of a spatula until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
- With the help of two spoons, we are taking portions of dough and placing them on the baking tray, separating them from each other. At this point, you can paint the tops of the cookies with a little beaten egg if you want.
- Bake at 180ºC for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Then, we remove the rustic lemon cookies from the oven and let them cool on a rack.