Lemon Black and White Cookies
A light cookie with a sharp lemon flavour. They look beautiful!
- Servings
- 4 dozen
Ingredients
| 1/2 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1/4 cup | butter, softened |
| 1/3 cup | buttermilk |
| 1 tablespoon | cocoa powder |
| 1 large | egg |
| 1 1/4 cup | flour |
| 1 1/2 tablespoon | honey |
| 2 cup | icing sugar |
| 2 1/2 teaspoon | lemon juice |
| 2 tablespoon | melted butter |
| 1 pinch | salt |
| 1/2 cup | sugar |
| 3/4 teaspoon | vanilla extract |
| 1 tablespoon | yogurt |
Directions
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In an electric mixer, mix softened butter until creamy. Mix in sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Mix in flour mixture alternating with the buttermilk.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spoon tablespoon size amount of dough onto a cookie sheet. Don't be afraid to make them small, they grow and flatten out when they bake.
- Bake cookies for 10-15 minutes, until the bottoms are a golden brown. Let cool completely.
- Whisk icing sugar, honey, lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, melted butter, and up to 1 tablespoon of water or more if needed. Transfer half the icing into another bowl. Sitr in cocoa powder, adding more water if needed.
- Spread the white icing on half of each cookie's flat side, and the chocolate icing on the other half. Let stand until set, about 30 min.
Recipe provided via www.MeanMeals.com