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Lemon Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Lemon Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Sue Lau
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Allow icing to set up 1 hour
Course Cookies, Dessert
Servings 30
Calories 115 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

Lemon Buttercream Filling:

  • 2 cups confectioner's sugar sifted to remove lumps
  • 4 tablespoons butter at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon oil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Decoration:

  • 1 bottle white Wilton Cookie Decorating Icing
  • 1 bottle yellow Wilton Cookie Decorating Icing
  • 2 tablespoons Betty Crocker Cupcake Gems small white sugar pearls

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter with sugar in an electric mixer until smooth; add the salt, vanilla and lemon oil.
  • Gradually add the flour to make a smooth dough.
  • Remove the dough from the mixer and place on parchment paper (easier with grid markings on the paper) on top of a baking sheet, top with another sheet of parchment and roll to 3/8" thickness. Using the parchment eliminates the need to add extra flour to the dough board.
  • Trim the dough and cut into pieces 1 inch wide by 2 inches long, but do not separate them. You'll do this in 2 batches.
  • Preheat the oven to 375°F and chill the cut dough on the parchment lined pan for 30 minutes.
  • At that point the oven is preheated and the dough is stiff enough to separate into bars and place on a baking sheet.
  • Bake for 14-16 minutes or until just starting to brown around the edges.
  • Slide the parchment sheet off the baking pan onto a wire rack and let them finish cooling there.
  • Repeat with the other pan, which you should start chilling while the first pan bakes to save time.
  • When all the cookies are cool, mix the frosting together until smooth, and frost the bottom sides of half the cookies.
  • Place the two bottom sides together, one frosted, one not frosted, to form a sandwich.
  • Place those butted against each other on a sheet pan and drizzle the prepped icings over them and sprinkle with a few sugar pearls.
  • Allow icing to set up and harden for about an hour.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 115kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 32mgPotassium: 12mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 236IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.4mg
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