
I tried to make fig newtons today, and yet this is a cookie recipe. What gives?
Well, I was basing my newton exterior on this dough, which was spectacularly delicious--delicate, lemony, and all wrong for fig newtons. I believe you need something more hearty and grainy--maybe even oaty?--to go with the sweet taste of figs.
To help these cookies stand on their own, I doubled the amount of lemon zest.
So I pivoted. When life hands you lemony dough, make lemon cookies.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- zest from 2 lemons
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Directions
In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle, combine butter, sugar, and zest. Add egg and vanilla. Then add flour.
Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350ยบ.
Roll dough out and cut out into shapes. Bake on a parchment-lined cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes depending upon the size of your cookies. If you've mixed a bunch of shapes together, you'd better keep an eye on things!
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