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buttery lemony lace cookies

February 17, 2011 by allison n

Friends. It has been quite a month. I often find myself crashing on the couch at the end of the day and dreading hopping back on the computer. As a Social Media Manager, I spend most of my waking hours tuned-in…hardcore. In the evening, sometimes, I just want to unplug. Ya feel me?

This post will be brief and to the point. The take away? An easy-peasy recipe for buttery lemony lace cookies. These lace cookies contain ground almonds by the way. I love almonds, they’re good and good for you! They’re good for your heart and packed with antioxidants and nutrients.

I found a great recipe for classic lace cookies, but decided to take a fresh and uplifting spin on it by adding freshly grated lemon zest to the batter. Also, my friend Roger put in a special request for something lemony. Roger…enjoy!

Buttery Lemony Lace Cookies
Inspired from a recipe from this book

Print Recipe

- 1/2 cup raw ground almonds
- 5 Tbls unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup organic unrefined sugar
- 2 Tbls light corn syrup
- 1/3 cup all-purpose wheat flour
- pinch of sea salt
- zest from one lemon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine the butter, sugar and corn syrup. Stir often until the butter is melted and the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to medium-high, stir constantly and bring to a boil. Once the contents begin to boil, remove from the heat. Stir in the flour and salt until well incorporated. Finally, stir in the ground almonds, lemon zest and vanilla extract.

Using a teaspoon, drop the batter onto the baking sheet. Bake the cookies until evenly light brown, about 10 minutes. At the 5-minute mark, turn the baking sheet around in the oven to ensure even baking. The cookies won’t begin to spread till about 6 minutes into baking.

Cover a cooling rack with paper towels. When the cookies are done baking, place them on the paper-toweled covered wire rack and let cool.

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23 Responses

on February 17, 2011 at 7:10 am | Reply The Duo Dishes

Ooooh, these look easy easy. Bet they’d be a hit with ice cream or as little ice cream sandwiches. Thanks for sharing! Try to get a little rest in between work and life.
on February 17, 2011 at 8:08 am | Reply freshandfoodie

YUM! These look delicious and beautiful! I’m surprised at how easy they are to make since they look complicated. I actually have some corn syrup at home from when I made homemade marshmallows, so maybe I’ll give these a whirl this weekend.
on February 17, 2011 at 9:39 am | Reply Maria

Such pretty cookies!
on February 17, 2011 at 9:49 am | Reply Lucy Lean

these look perfect
on February 17, 2011 at 10:02 am | Reply susan

lace cookies are one of my all time favorites (florentines included). the addition of lemon zest kind of rocks my boat!
- on February 19, 2011 at 11:14 am | Reply allison n
  
  Yay for rockin’ your boat! Thanks for stopping by Susan.
on February 17, 2011 at 11:06 am | Reply Amanda

Gorgeous!! And I am sure fantastic!!!
on February 17, 2011 at 12:37 pm | Reply Kristen

These look like they would melt right in your mouth. Yum!
on February 17, 2011 at 2:01 pm | Reply marla

My beautiful grandmother used to bring me cookies just like these when I was a little girl. They had chocolate in the middle. I have such wonderful memories of the whole experience. Thanks for sharing the recipe – I will need to try making them. xo
- on February 19, 2011 at 11:12 am | Reply allison n
  
  Aww. I am glad this post conjured up warm memories. xxoo
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on February 17, 2011 at 9:37 pm | Reply Nancy@acommunaltable

I love lace cookies… ok, I’ll be honest I just love cookies in general!! But seriously, lace ones are some of my favorites and and adding the lemon… definitely my kind of cookie!!!
- on February 19, 2011 at 11:11 am | Reply allison n
  
  Thanks Nancy. I am glad you are a fan!
on February 18, 2011 at 3:57 pm | Reply Nastassia (LetMeEatCake)

they look so good! and i have almonds lying around that i couldn’t figure out what to do with yay weekend baking project thanks for sharing!
on February 19, 2011 at 10:42 am | Reply socaliallie

I’m always looking for a new lemon cookie and this one looks delish! Any recommendations for a corn syrup substitute?
on February 19, 2011 at 11:02 am | Reply purlverde

I have my ingredients lined up and ready to go! One question though: What is the approximate yield for these? Just curious! Thanks for this amazing recipe, I’m completely smitten with your blog.
- on February 19, 2011 at 11:06 am | Reply allison n
  
  Hi! The recipes yields about 3 dozen lace cookies!! I hope you enjoy them.
on February 21, 2011 at 8:15 am | Reply Pretty. Good. Food.

These are a favorite of mine, but have never even thought to make them myself. Great recipe, I will definitely give this a try!!!!
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on March 2, 2011 at 4:51 am | Reply marla

I have never had lemon in my lace cookies – love this idea!
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