Lemon Soak Cookies.
Traditional and Bimby Recipe
Great for breakfast, snack, or to accompany tea time.
They are ideal for the whole family; these delicate-flavored cookies will amaze everyone, and one leads to another until they are gone.
You will also find dietary instructions for those who cannot use sugar and classic flour, making these cookies low glycemic index.
So what are we waiting for, let’s get our hands in the dough.
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- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 30
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 139.72 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 20.55 (g) of which sugars 8.48 (g)
- Proteins 2.43 (g)
- Fat 5.82 (g) of which saturated 3.64 (g)of which unsaturated 2.08 (g)
- Fibers 0.42 (g)
- Sodium 6.39 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 30 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
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- 6.3 oz sugar (or 7 oz erythritol or stevia 0)
- 2/3 cup butter
- 3 large eggs (beaten)
- 1/6 cup lemon juice
- to taste lemon zest (from 2 lemons, only the yellow part)
- 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (Or FiberPasta flour)
- 2 tsp baking powder
Lemon Soak Cookies
Tools
- 1 Mixer
- 2 Baking Sheets
- Parchment Paper
- 1 Grater
- 1 Citrus Juicer
Steps
Lemon Soak Cookies
Grate the lemon zest
Form a well with the flour on a kneading board or in a bowl or mixer, and make a hole in the middle, where you will place the previously beaten eggs, the butter pieces, the lemon zest, the baking powder, the lemon juice, and the sugar or your sweetener.
Knead until a dough ball is obtained, which you will wrap with plastic wrap, then place it in the refrigerator to firm up for about an hour.
After the time has passed, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, remove the dough from the fridge, and form balls about 3/4 inches in diameter.
if you are diabetic skip the next step 4 and 5
At this point, place some granulated sugar on one plate and powdered sugar on another.
Now roll each ball first in granulated sugar, then in powdered sugar, and then place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Then bake for about 12 minutes, until cracks have formed on the surface of each cookie.
Take the cookies out of the oven, and let them cool before removing them from the parchment paper.
The lemon soak cookies are ready.
Pour the sugar or your sweetener and the lemon peel into the Bimby bowl, pulverize for 15 seconds /speed 10.
Add the butter, flour, previously beaten eggs, baking powder, and lemon juice.
Knead for 40 seconds at speed 5.
Take the dough out, place it on a kneading board, and form it into a ball, which you will wrap with plastic wrap, then place it in the refrigerator to firm up for about an hour.
After the time has passed, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, remove the dough from the fridge, and form balls about 3/4 inches in diameter.
if you are diabetic skip the next 2 steps.
At this point, place some granulated sugar on one plate and powdered sugar on another.
Now roll each ball first in granulated sugar, then in powdered sugar, and then place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Then bake for about 12 minutes, until cracks have formed on the surface of each cookie
When the cookies are baked, take them out of the oven, and let them cool before removing them from the parchment paper.
Our friend Bimby helped us make Lemon Soak Cookies, true delights.
Storage and Tips
Lemon Soak Cookies
They keep in an airtight container or cookie jar for 1 week.
They keep in an airtight container or cookie jar for 1 week.
Tips
To further enrich these cookies and turn them into real tea pastries, here’s a tip. When you are forming the ball, you can add a little drop of lemon jam inside. … You’ll see what a burst of goodness..
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
Lemon Soak Cookies
Can I make them with other citrus fruits?
Yes, certainly, mandarins, clementines, oranges.
What do you recommend to accompany them with?
They are great with tea.
