Monday, November 21, 2011

Lemon Sablés


This is going to be the best week ever.

So many wonderful things are happening this week. 

1. I'm guest posting on Frosting for a Cause on Wednesday!

2. I'm having Thanksgiving dinner with my baby sister. We've been in Germany for the past three years and this is the first Thanksgiving we will celebrate since 2006!

3. And the best thing is...... I will be telling you a secret. Shhhh....I'll be telling you tomorrow so keep it a secret...ha ha, Ok you don't have to keep it a secret. But, be sure to stop by so you won't be left out. 

SECRETS.....I never was good at keeping secrets...or surprises for that matter.   I just can't keep a secret.  I mean look, that's a hard thing for a talkative kinda girl to do.

What am I going to talk about if I keep everything locked up inside? Then it's like I left you all out on the information and that's just not a fair thing and I'm all about being fair.

Then there's Christmas. Oh gosh I'm horrible. Especially if I buy the presents early. I buy the kids tons and tons of presents because I just can't wait till Christmas. They get things way early. 

A present here, a present there. It's like the twelve days of Christmas around here.

Look.....I've got issues. They can't be helped.....really I've tried. I'll admit my weaknesses. 

Now that my husband is home from Afghanistan I'm on present secret lock down. He's a stickler for keeping the rules.  He actually makes us wait till Christmas morning.....can you believe that? So UNFAIR!

My Dad actually does Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. We have a huge party Christmas Eve and do presents and stuff. You would think my husband would okay this for us, but NOOOOO. Mr. Rule won't do presents with the kids on Christmas Eve....so we have to wait. 

One day is an eternity in present time. 

ETERNITY!

So to keep myself from going crazy thinking about an extra day of waiting to open presents, I'll eat cookies. 

Sound good? I thought so.

These cookies are to die for! Yes die for. I seriously only gave everyone like two each and ate the rest myself. They were that good. 

This recipe was adapted from Martha Stewart's key-lime sablés recipe. I wanted Lemon, not lime. That was the only substitution. 

Lemon Sablés
**Adapted from Martha Stewart's Key-lime Sablés

1 1/3 Cups flour
1/3 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/4 tsp coarse salt
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces
1 1/2 tsp pure lemon extract

1) Mix together flour, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, and salt in bowl of mixer until well combined. 

2) Add butter and mix until crumbs form. Add lemon extract and mix. 

3) Place dough on plastic wrap and form a disk.  Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until very firm.  At least 2 hrs. 

To bake:
1) preheat your oven to 325˚.  Line baking sheet with parchment paper. 

2) On floured surface, roll out your dough to 1/4 inch thick (I found the 1/8" in Martha's direction too thin) Cut into squares using a 2 3/4" square fluted cutter. Use a 1" fluted cutter to cut the centers out of half the squares.  

3) Place on baking sheet. Space about an inch apart.  Bake until they just turn golden brown, about 17-20 minutes.  (oven's vary so check them through oven window) Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

4) Spread 1tsp lemon curd on bottom of the full square cookies.  Sprinkle powdered sugar on the top squares with the cut out windows.  Place cut out cookie on top of the cookie with the lemon curd, making little sandwiches.  

5) Refrigerate for about 30 minutes until they are firm. Serve.....and SHARE (I omitted this part)





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