Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 Organic lemon
• 300 g wheat flour type 1050
• 10 g flour (for dusting)
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 60 g raw cane sugar
• 170 g cold butter
• 1 egg
• 1 Egg white
• 250 g powdered sugar from raw cane sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the lemon hot, dry it, grate the zest and squeeze out the juice. Sift the flour with the baking powder onto a work surface. Mix the sugar with the lemon zest and salt and spread it over the flour mixture. Cut the butter into small pieces and distribute them on the flour mix.

2. 2.

   Beat the egg in the center. Quickly knead with your hands into a smooth dough. If needed, add a little cold water. Wrap the dough in a damp kitchen towel and chill for 1 hour.

3. 3.

   Roll the dough out to about 3 mm thick on a floured surface and cut out stars and shoes as desired. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven at about 10 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the tray and let cool.