These cookies…..
ARE
AMAZING.
AND
BUTTERY.
AND
LEMONY.
AND
SOFT.
Notice the all caps? Yep, they are that good.
Annnnnnd, super easy and quick to make.
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- ⅔ cup Sugar
- 1 Lemon, zested and juiced
- 2 cups, AP Flour, measure by the spoon and level method
- ½ cup Blackberry Jam, or your favorite flavor jam
- 1⅓ cups Powdered Sugar
- Lemon juice from the zested lemon(about 5-6 teaspoons)
- 1-2 drops Yellow Food Coloring (Optional)
- Pre-heat oven to 350
- In a medium bowl, using and electric mixed, cream together the butter, sugar and lemon zest.
- Slowly incorporate the flower and beat until mixed in.
- Roll dough into 1 ” balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- With your finger make an indention into the middle of the cookie and fill the center with about ¼ teaspoon jam.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet and transfer to a cooling rack.
- When cookies are completely cooled, whisk the powdered sugar, lemon juice and yellow food coloring together.
- Place in a zip lock bag, snip the corner and drizzle over the cookies.
The recipe came from Our Best Bites new Cookbook….Savoring The Seasons with Our Best Bites.
The cookbook is the bomb..has over 100 scrumptious recipes…look at all my marker tags of things I want to make….
I will totally be making this Key Lime Trifle.
The book even has some cute kids edible crafts too..like these adorable penguins.
Well, guess what?
FOUR of you can win this book.
FOUR winners will win the following
- Savoring the Seasons with Our Best Bites Cookbook
GIVEAWAY RULES ********CONTEST CLOSED**********
Contest ends Wednesday Oct 3rd, 2012 at 9 am set
Winner will be chosen by Random Org.com
Contest open to US residents only.
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My favorite cookies are chocolate chip with walnuts.
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Your recipes are so sinful looking (he he he)
My favorite cookie is the No Bake Cookie, but Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies might become my favorite cookie after I bake them!!!
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Toll House Cookies are still my favorite after all these years. : )
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Snickerdoodles….no wait, the peanut butter with reese’s peanut butter cups. I just made a batch of those, they are addicting!
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chocolate chip cookies
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My favorite cookies are peanut butter chocolate chip :3
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Chocolate chip cookie – warm with ice cream on top! Yum!
(you wrote flower, for flour:)
These cookies look amazing. Can’t wait to make some. Sounds like a wonderful to have. My favorite cookies are Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies. Can’t stop making and eating them.
My favorite cookies are anything with white chocolate in them!
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I looove my browned butter dark chocolate marshmallow cookies!
Hands down – chocolate chip! With no nuts.
My favorite cookie is a chewy chocolate chip!
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my favorite cookie is oatmeal chocolate chip
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The blackberries are prolific around our property right now, we pick them by the hundreds. What a great way to use them!!
My favorite cookies are the Toll House recipe Chocolate Chip Cookies with a bunch of cinnamon added. Mmm…
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I like oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
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I’m going to have to choose chocolate chip as my favorite!
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My favorite cookie is pumpkin chocolate chip.
My favorite cookie is Oatmeal-Craisin Cookie with White Chocolate Drizzle.
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Chocolate chip, baked frozen and fresh out of the freezer.
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My favorite cookie is peanut butter
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My Fav cookies are macadamia nut!
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My favorite cookie is a whole wheat chocolate chip, on the crispy side.
Oatmeal chocolate chip!
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My favorite cookie has to be Vanilla Kranz. So buttery and delicious!
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I love Peanut Butter Tempations (cookies with a peanut butter cup in them). Thanks for the chance to enter.
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A monster cookie – the more in there the better!
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My favorite cookie is white chocolate chip macadamia. Thanks!
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Snickerdoodles!
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Chocolate crinkles!! Best cookies ever!
I love almond cookies.
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My favorite cookie is chocolate chip oatmeal
Chocolate Chip. No Oatmeal Raisin. No Peanut Butter Blossoms. Oy! I can’t decide these look good too!
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My favorite cookie is an old family recipe for Shortbread Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing. We make and decorate them every Christmas.
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I love espresso chocolate chip shortbread. They’re my go-to both for eating and for making!
I like any kind of cookie, especially fresh, hot and all melty from the oven
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I love buckeyes
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My favorite cookie is Scottish shortbread.
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I am a boring old chocolate chip cookie kind of gal
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My favorite cookie is a perfect peanut butter cookie!
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Sugar!!!
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My favorite cookie is good ole chocolate chip warm out of the oven! I have been wanting this cookbook!! Thanks so much for the giveaway
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I am a sucker for good chocolate chip cookie.
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what pretty cookies! i’ll be trying these soon!
favorite cookie? chocolate chip. sometimes you can’t beat a classic.
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Chocolate Chip
One of my favorite cookies is a chocolate crinkle cookie!
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My favorite is frosted sugar cookies. Thanks!
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My favorite cookie is Chocolate Chip Coconut Macadamia Cookies. Delicious!
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I have to choose??? I love ALL cookies!
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Oatmeal raisin!
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My favorite cookies are snickerdoodles.
My favorite is Thomas Keller’s chocolate chip cookies.
Jam Thumbprints rolled in coconut.
My favorite cookies are plain old chocolate chip!
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White chocolate oatmeal with craisins
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My favorite cookie Sugar Cookie.
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My favorite cookie is a soft chocolate chunk with shaved chocolate in it. And a little sea salt. YUM!
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I love oatmeal raisin cookies!!! And I mean LOVE.
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fave cookie is probably a PB white choc chip & oatmeal one i have on my blog
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My favorite cookie would be a tie between chocolate chip, brown sugar crinkles and raspberry jam thumbprints!
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my favorite cookie is white chocolate macadamia nut….YUM
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My favorite cookie is a chocolate crinkle!