Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon & basil cookies. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Lemon & Basil Cookies is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Lemon & Basil Cookies is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon & basil cookies using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon & Basil Cookies:

1. Take for the cookies
2. Get 6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
3. Take 2 oz cream cheese, softened
4. Take 1 egg, room temp
5. Prepare 2 tbsp lemon juice
6. Take 1 tbsp lemon zest
7. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp lemon extract (optional)
9. Prepare 2 tbsp chopped fresh basil leaves
10. Make ready 1/4 tsp baking powder
11. Get 1/4 tsp baking soda
12. Take 1/3 tsp salt
13. Take 1 3/4 cup flour
14. Make ready 3/4 cup granulated sugar
15. Prepare 1/3 cup powdered sugar
16. Take optional glaze
17. Get 1 cup powdered sugar
18. Prepare 2 tbsp lemon juice

Lemons are prized for their sour juice, which is usually the prime use of the lemon. Lemon definition is - an acid fruit that is botanically a many-seeded pale yellow oblong berry produced by a small thorny citrus tree (Citrus limon) and that has a rind from which an aromatic oil is extracted. The lemon tree is one of the most common fruit trees. Both savory and sweet dishes benefit from the tangy Lemon juice poured over other fruits prevents discoloration of the flesh when exposed to air.

Instructions to make Lemon & Basil Cookies:

1. preheat oven to 350°.
2. in a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. sifting isn't necessary, but you want to make sure that the dry ingredients are well combined and there are no clumps. set aside.
3. with a hand held or stand mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese. once smooth, add lemon juice and zest, also the vanilla & lemon (if using) extract(s) and mix to combine. add egg and basil then mix again. add both sugars and mix until completely smooth. make sure you scrape down the sides of the bowl a few times.
4. add the dry ingredients in three parts to the wet. mix each addition until just moistened. once all the dry ingredients have been added make sure there are no clumps but do not over mix (it'll make the cookies a bit tough).
5. prepare 2 cookie sheets with either cooking spray, parchment paper or silpat. scoop 1 tbs portions on to cookie sheets leaving 2" between them. these cookies dont spread a lot but the space between them will help them to bake more evenly. bake in your preheated 350° oven for 12 minutes, rotating once half way through. once done, let cool on cookie sheets for a few minutes then remove them to a cooling rack to come down to room temp. if you're making the glaze it's important that they are cooled all the way or the glaze will melt and soak into the cookies.
6. for the glaze simply mix the lemon juice and powdered sugar together until completely smooth. top the cookies with as much or as little glaze as you like. if you feel it is too thick add additional lemon juice 1 tsp at a time. if it is too loose, add more powdered sugar 1 tbs at a time.
7. these cookies are not too sweet and go very well with tea or would be a nice addition to brunch.

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