Lemon semolina cookies

"A very nice cookie"
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
30
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ingredients

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directions

  • Using a grater, grate lemon peels, removing only the yellow part.
  • Place the grated peel in a mixing bowl.
  • Squeeze the lemon juice and set aside in a small bowl.
  • Combine the butter, vanilla, sugar and salt in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle, if you have one, and beat together at medium speed until creamy.
  • Add the egg, ½ cup lemon juice and grated rind and beat until incorporated.
  • Reserve any extra lemon juice for another use.
  • Decrease speed to slow and add the semolina and then the flour, beating until just incorporated.
  • Turn the dough onto a marble or wooden work surface and divide it into 2 balls.
  • Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour.
  • When chilled, remove from the refrigerator and roll each ball into a log 2-inches in diameter.
  • Preheat oven to 325°F.
  • Working on a marble or wooden surface, unwrap the dough log and cut into rounds about ½-inch thick.
  • Sprinkle each round with a little sugar and lightly flatten the rounds with a rolling pin.
  • Place the rounds on an unbuttered cookie sheet and chill in the refrigerator until firm, about 10 minutes.
  • Bake the cookies on the middle rack of an oven for about 10 minutes, or until the surface starts to crack slightly.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool.
  • The cookies will harden as they cool.

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  1. Made these for a lactose-intolerant little girl! I used 2 cups semolina and 2 cups flour as I ran out of semolina mid-way. The cookies came out picture-perfect with lovely lemon flavor that intensified as they sat in air-tight container on counter. I live in a humid climate and these cookies were in perfect condition for 2 weeks! Great for tea parties and afternoon snack.
     
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