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DOUBLE LEMON POPPYSEED MUFFINS (HEALTHY)
By jenzmommy
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon pure cane sugar
- 2 medium lemons, preferably organic (you’ll need the zest of both and the juice of one)
- 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup poppy seeds
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 3/4 cup plain yogurt (plain Greek yogurt works, too)
- 1 large egg (update 3/20/14: use 2 eggs for richer and slightly fluffier, more cupcake-like muffins)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons turbinado sugar for sprinkling on top
Walnut pastries
By jenzmommy
Dough: Mix all ingredients together and form into small balls and place in mini cupcake pan Filling: Mix all ingre...
- Dough:
- 1 c flour
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 c butter
- Filling:
- 1 c chopped walnuts
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 3/4 c of brown sugar
- 1/8 tap vanilla
- 1 egg
Struffoli
By jenzmommy
Mix all above ingredients in stand mixer with dough hook
- 2 dozen eggs yolks, room temp
- 3 whole eggs
- 4 C sifted flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tap vanilla
Snowballs (Aunt Anna)
By jenzmommy
Cream margarine, then add powdered sugar
- 1 cup margarine
- 4 Tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 C flour
- 1 tap vanilla extract
- 1 C finely chopped nuts
Mom's Thumbprint Cookies
By jenzmommy
1. Sift flour and salt together into bowl
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter (no substitutions)
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- jam or other filling
- *You can also use 2 tsp of vanilla extract in place of the almond extract.
Lemon Spritz Cookies
By jenzmommy
Preheat oven to 350*F Cream butter and cream cheese together
- 1 C butter, softened
- 1 3oz pkg cream cheese, softened
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 tsp lemon flavoring/extract
- 1 1/4 tsp lemon peel, grated
- 2 1/2 C all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
Butterfly cookies
By jenzmommy
Mix liquid, salt sugar and egg together
- 1 c sifted flour
- 1 c milk or water
- 1/2 tap salt
- 2 Tbsp sugar (little more)
- 1 egg
Czeck Cookies
By jenzmommy
1. Set oven at 325*. 2. Grease 8 in square pan
- 1/2 lb butter
- 1 C sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 C flour
- 1 C chopped walnuts
- 1/2 C strawberry jam
Manicotti
By jenzmommy
Beat eggs. Add salt, water, and flour
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 c flour
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1/2 c cold water (club soda may be used instead)
- Pinch of salt
Linzer tart cookies
By jenzmommy
1. In a mini chopper, chop almonds with 1/4 c flour until fine (should take less than 30 seconds; for a crunchier c...
- 3/4 c unsalted almonds
- 1 1/2 c sifted flour, divided
- 1/2 c (1 stick) salted or unsalted butter, room temp.
- 1/2 c confectioners sugar
- 1 tap grated lemon zest
- 1 egg
- Raspberry jam for filling