Snowdrops Recipes

LEMON SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, confectioners' sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. Gradually beat in flour. Shape teaspoonfuls of dough into balls (if necessary, refrigerate dough, covered, until firm enough to shape). Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar. Bake until light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove cookies from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, whisk together egg, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice in a small heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until blended. Add butter; cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and a thermometer reads at least 170°, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat immediately (do not allow to boil). Transfer to a small bowl; cool. Press plastic wrap onto surface of filling. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour., To serve, spread lemon filling on half of cookies; cover with remaining cookies. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar. Store leftovers in refrigerator. Freeze option: Freeze unfilled, undecorated cookies in freezer containers. To use, thaw cookies in covered containers. Fill and decorate as directed.

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH LEMON SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400*.
• In a medium bowl, mix the butter/margarine, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the lemon extract.
• Stir in the flour and salt.
• If the dough is too soft, refrigerate a few hours until it's firm enough to shape.
• Shape dough into 1" balls.
• Place about 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar.
• Bake 8-10 minute or until the edges are light brown.
• Immediately remove from the cookie sheet to cool.
• Put the cookies together in pairs with the filling and then dust with the powdered sugar.
• For the Filling: Mix the sugar and cornstarch in a 1 quart saucepan.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients.
• Cooking over medium heat, keep stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
• Boil 1 minute, stirring all the while, then cool.
• Enjoy!

SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Beat butter until creamy; add sugar and blend some more. Mix in the flour, nuts, vanilla and water.
• Chill until firm enough to shape with your fingers into small round balls.
• Bake at 400 F for 10 minutes, but watch them - remember they are snow drops, shouldn't even turn golden.
• Roll in sifted icing sugar as soon as you remove them from the oven. Mmm, toasty fingers coated in melted sugar!

LEMON SNOWDROP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, egg, lemon zest, juice and butter for filliing. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes, or until mixture begins to thicken. Set aside to cool.
• In a mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, lemon zest and juice for cookies, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add flour and salt, beating until combinrd.
• Using a 1 teaspoons measure, roll dough into balls.
• Place on parchment lined baking sheets and flatten slightly.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes. Cool.
• Spread half of cookies with filling. Top with remaining cookies.
• Roll in powdered sugar.

SNOWDROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift flour and salt together.
• With a mixer beat butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla together until light and fluffy.
• Work in dry ingredients gradually.
• Once thoroughly mixed, roll into 1 inch balls and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes.
• Let cool slightly and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

LEMON SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat 1 cup butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the lemon extract with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Stir in flour and salt until dough forms. (If dough is soft, cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until firm enough to shape.)
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls about 1 inch apart. Press bottom of glass into dough to grease, then dip into granulated sugar; press on shaped dough until 1/4 inch thick.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In 1-quart saucepan, mix 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the cornstarch. Stir in remaining frosting ingredients. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• For each sandwich cookie, spread filling between 2 cooled cookies. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

CHERRY ALMOND SNOWDROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place cake flour, 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar and salt in a food processor; pulse until blended. Add butter and extracts; pulse until butter is the size of peas. Add cherries and almonds; pulse until combined (dough will be crumbly)., Shape dough into 1-in. balls, pressing firmly to adhere; place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned., Cool on pans 10 minutes. Roll warm cookies in remaining confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.