Snowball Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
2 cups Namaste Perfect Flour Blend or Namaste Organic Perfect Flour Blend
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened
2/3 cup powdered sugar
Zest of 2 lemons (about 4 teaspoons)
2 teaspoons lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds (optional)
1-1/2 cups powdered sugar for coating
Directions
- Whisk together flour, cornstarch and salt in small mixing bowl and set aside.
- In large bowl, mix butter until creamy on medium speed. Blend in 2/3 cup powdered sugar. Add in zest, lemon extract and vanilla extract.
- Set mixer to low speed and slowly add flour mixture until just combined. Stir in almonds. Cover bowl and chill dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets or cover in parchment paper.
- Scoop dough out 1 tablespoon at a time and roll into ball. Space balls about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes. Allow to cool a few minutes. Place remaining powdered sugar into a bowl and roll warm cookies in powdered sugar. Transfer to wire rack to finish cooling. You can roll in powdered sugar again if you like.