Lemon Spritz Cookies

Ingredients

• 220 g butter
• 90 g powdered sugar (from cane sugar)
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 300 g spelt flour

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat the butter and powdered sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in the egg. Add the salt, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix well. Fold in the spelt flour and work into a smooth dough.

2. 2.

   Fill a piping bag fitted with a star tip with the dough and pipe star-shaped shapes onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

3. 3.

   Bake the Lemon Spritz Cookies in a preheated oven at 180 °C (160 °C fan; gas: level 2–3) for about 12 minutes until pale yellow. Remove and cool on a wire rack.