Lemon Thins

From EatingWell: The Simple Art of EatingWell, January/February 2013

These lemon cookies are made healthier with whole-wheat pastry flour and they get their zippy flavor from fresh lemon zest and juice rather than lemon extract. This lemon cookie recipe would be the perfect accompaniment to afternoon tea.

READER'S COMMENT:

"The cookies were easy to make and clean up was quick. They taste great, but it seems like there's a little something missing that I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Maybe they're better with sorbet or something like the recipe...

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8 Reviews for Lemon Thins

03/22/2013

Anonymous

Recommends this recipe

These are addictive!

I used all-purpose flour and spreadable butter, which maybe is why I didn't have the issues others did. I also put 2 tsp of lemon zest. My cookies turned out about 1.5 inches around and very light and tangy. Make sure to flatten well with the glass to get a good texture.

Pros: Very light and tangy.

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03/05/2013

Anonymous

Yummy!!!

this recipe makes a small batch..;) Very tasty. I LOVE lemon so I added the juice of half a lemon from our tree. It's tasty and will be making it again.

Pros: Easy Recipe. ;)

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02/26/2013

Anonymous

Dry and dense

Not sure if it's the whole wheat pastry flour or lack of butter, but mine were dry, dry, dry. No one loved them. Ok with tea but more scone like. I wanted a snappy, crisp, lemony cookie but it was dry and dense. I threw most of them out - even my 7 yr old didn't care for them.

Pros: lemony

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01/22/2013

Anonymous

Nice lemon cookie

Wanted a healthy homemade cookie for our family and this did the trick. Light and lemony. I will be making again.

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Anonymous wrote 10 weeks 1 day ago

i added much more lemon..3

i added much more lemon..3 times more! ;)

12/22/2012

Anonymous

I found the dough to be dry. I used whole wheat pastry flour. I added 3 more tablespoons lemon juice (from Meyer lemons) and 6 more tablespoons of water to get the dough to a better consistency. The added lemon juice enhanced the flavor. I personally would not make the recipe again. I chose it because it used real lemon jucie and not lemon extract.

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