87 degrees outside
The sun is shining and the birds are chirping
The kids are playing and the dog is napping
A good book in hand
A glass of orange juice on the coffee table
A plateful of lemon lime basil shortbread cookies on its side
Life.....does not suck!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into smaller pieces
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus some more for sprinkling
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lime zest
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper. Place all of the ingredients in a food processor. Pulse until large moist clumps form. Measure level tablespoonfuls of dough; roll each in between your palms to form a balls. Place on the lined baking sheet, spacing 2" apart. Press each ball with the bottom of a measuring cup into 2" rounds. Sprinkle the top of each cookie with some sugar.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the edges are brown. Transfer to a word rack to cool down.
Recipe is adapted from this Epicurious entry
Sound like Perfect day for you to enjoy this Yummy lemon lime basil shortbread,,,sambil nyantai baca buku :)
ReplyDeleteI would be even better with your papaya mango smoothie. YUM!
DeleteLove love love! Lemon and basil are one of my favorite combinations! These look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteYou are absolutely right, life does not suck and how could it with these yummies. Beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteNo, life is certainly good, Suzy. Have a super duper summer!
DeleteYum, what interesting flavor combinations for a cookie. They look and sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteThey are delicious. I tried this recipe for the 1st time and I can see myself baking this over and over again in the future :)
DeleteLife is good indeed!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! :)
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ReplyDeleteHow funny, I thought about making these this weekend to serve alongside some passion fruit mousse. They do look scrumptious!
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