Friday, June 3, 2011

Gloriously delicious cookies

I got this recipe awhile back off of the Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog... and I have got to say that it is now one of my absolute favorite cookies. Mmmm... I guarantee you that once you make them for your friends and family they will love you forever! (Which, of course, I'm sure they already do!) So please, please go and make these!

Lemon Lassies


Lemon Filling:

2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp lemon zest
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 Tbsp butter
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup medium sweetened coconut

In a small saucepan or microwaveable bowl, combine all filling ingredients except coconut. Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly, or in microwave (on low heat) for 1 minute intervals stirring well in between. Remove from heat and add coconut. Cool.

Cookie Dough:

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt

In a large mixer bowl combine margarine, sugar, egg and molasses. Add dry ingredients. Blend well with mixer. Divide dough into 4 parts.

Shape each part into a 12-15 inch roll. Place two rolls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each roll to a 2-1/2 inch strip. Repeat with the other two rolls on a second cookie sheet.

Spread 1/4 of the filling down the center of each roll and using a spatula, roll long edges to the centre to cover most of the filling.

Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

Cut while warm into 1 inch pieces. Remove from pans and cool.


1 comment:

  1. Krista, thanks for the kind comments on the MGCC blog. They are also favourites at our house. I like them because they're good keepers - especially if you store them in the fridge.It's time for me to make them again.

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