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Parve
Easy
30 Minutes
Diets 
You can make any type of citrus cookies with this recipe like orange or lime. You can even mix it up with a variety of zests for a tangy, zesty cookie.
1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest (finely zested), packed
1/2 cup turbinado cane sugar
your favorite sugar cookie recipe (yielding 60 2-inch round cookies or 48 2- and- 1/2-inch round cookies)
1 teaspoon Gefen Lemon Extract
1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest (finely zested), packed
yellow food coloring (optional)
Place sugar in a small bowl. Add the lemon zest and stir to thoroughly combine. Set aside.
You can use this sugar in other recipes or add to your tea for lemony sweetness.
Prepare your sugar cookie dough, adding the zest and extract when creaming the sugar and margarine/butter together. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to blend and until stiff enough to roll.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two or three cookie sheets with Gefen Parchment Paper or silicone mats and set aside.
Roll dough on a lightly floured surface to a quarter inch thick (I actually put measuring guides on my rolling pin). Cut out cookies using your favorite round cookie cutter, and place on the cookie sheet.
Sprinkle the top of the cookies with the lemon zest sugar. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes according to recipe directions.
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