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January 2011 . Lemon Rosemary Butter Cookie Recipe Card
“Thanks for joining the recipe exchange! Looking forward to getting to know you via your blog. Hope you enjoy my favorite cookies!”
Enjoy, I did. The second installation of the winter recipe exchange comes from one of the co-collaborators, Allyn of all things ami. And before I start talking about the cookies itself, can I just take a moment to say that the ladies of this exchange have gorgeous handwriting? Mine usually looks like a cross between script, block print, and chicken scratch–though it usually resembles chicken scratch–I’m a bit smitten, but anyways; I’m getting off-track. Allyn’s recipe was not only a joy, but warmed up my chilly home this fine Sunday afternoon. I’d been without heater or hot water for the past three days, so this adventure dished up multiple benefits!
January 2011 . Lemon Rosemary Butter Cookie Recipe Card
The recipe called for 1/2 cup of turbinado–which I didn’t have–but did have a jar or rose petal sugar. I wasn’t sure how it would affect the cookies, but decided to give it a try since the weather looked overcast with a chance of rain and the three-block walk to the grocery store was not something I felt compelled take on. Normally, I wouldn’t mind a quick trip, but cold + wet = puttering around the home in bunny slippers.
January 2011 . Lemon Rosemary Butter Cookie Ingredients
Fortunately I had everything else, so I was read to bake. This recipe also gave me a chance to us some of the many lemons that my mother gave me a couple weeks back. I was beginning to exhaust my options since I was using them in everything: tea, lemonade, on chicken and salads, and sweets. I had also squeezed the juice from a few lemons to store for use at another time. I’ll probably use a few more for cleaning, but even so, I’ve still got about a dozen lemons left. Any suggestions are greatly welcome!
*Note that the recipe also called for eggs, which I forgot to include in the above shot.
January 2011 . Lemon Rosemary Butter Cookie Mix
It had been a while since I zested a lemon (or any citrus, for that matter) and found myself getting a little carried away–zesting is fun! I tried chopping dried rosemary, which I found difficult since each time the knife came down, the itty bitty bits scattered about. Note for next time: use food processor. 
January 2011 . Lemon Rosemary Butter Cookies
Ta-dah! I didn’t have any wax paper on hand, and similar to turbinado sugar, decided to improvise. I let the dough chill for a couple hours and then formed small balls, which I flattened down to size. I garnished the cookies with the rose petal sugar, and lo and behold, tasty little cookies with a wonderful bouquet of buttery lemons, rosemary, and roses. The tint in the rose petal sugar complimented my purple serving platter!
Thank you, Allyn for sharing your lemon rosemary butter cookies–you’ve helped satisfy my lemon dilemma and warmed my home–in one tasty session!
Lemon Rosemary Butter Cookies from Allyn of all things ami
Makes 14 cookies
| 4 oz butter, softened 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon finely chopped rosemary 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Beat butter, sugar, rosemary and lemon zest with electric mixer until creamy. Mix in egg yolks and vanilla extract. |
| 1 cup flour 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt |
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and beat until combined. Shape dough into 1″ logs. Wrap in wax paper and let dough chill for two hours. |
| Preheat oven to 325 degrees. | |
| baking sheet, lightly greased
1/2 cup of turbinado sugar for decorating (or rose petal sugar for decorating) |
Lightly grease baking sheet with butter. Slice dough into 1/2″ rounds. Pour turbinado sugar into a small bowl and press one cut side of the sliced dough into sugar; place on baking sheet, sugar side up. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on rack. |
karen, these look fantastic! rose petal sugar sounds beautiful as it does sweet. i’m so glad you signed up for the exchange. your photos look great. it’s so hard to photograph + bake|cook all at once. my favorite pic is of the rosemary, sugar + lemon zest. you can almost smell the combination!
the swapping of things personalized it in such a special way.
i’m so glad we met. your blog has the sweetest stories + treats. stay warm!
Thanks, I’m so glad to have experienced your cookies and to be able to share them!
Doesn’t Allyn have the most beautiful handwriting? I wish I could steal it from her.
And you had rose petal sugar, but not turbinado sugar on hand? I’m just fascinated. I had no idea rose petal sugar even existed.
Allyn sent me this recipe too. I need to try it, especially since I now have lemons in the house.
I fully support you trying out Allyn’s recipe. And yes, I totally see the humor in not having the more common “sugar in the raw” but having a kitchen stocked with specialty rose petal sugar that I found at the farmer’s market. Go figure
Oh Karen! These are so perfect! I need to go to see you soon!
Yes, you so do!