Lush Lemon + Basil Sugar Cookies — the deeper living

Name: Lush Lemon + Basil Sugar Cookies — the deeper living
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup of white sugar (350 grams); 2/3 cup fresh basil leaves (40 grams); 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour (364 grams); 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 sticks of butter, at room temperature (226 grams); 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste; 2 teaspoon lemon zest; 1 egg; 1 egg yolk; Basil sugar, for rolling; 1/4 cup of white sugar (50 grams); 5-6 basil leaves

16 steps

Refreshing, bright, tangy lemon mingles with minty, sweet, peppery basil in an ultra-soft chewy sugar cookie that is addictively soft and perfectly balanced. Fresh basil gets ground with sugar creating a not only very flavorful but also very beautiful sugar! Once you make basil sugar you know that i

Updated at: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 03:15:26 GMT

Ingredients

0 servings

1 ¾ cupwhite sugar

⅔ cupfresh basil leaves

2 ½ cupsall purpose flour

¾ teaspoonbaking soda

½ teaspoonsalt

2 sticksbutter

at room temperature

1 tablespoonvanilla bean paste

2 teaspoonlemon zest

1egg

1egg yolk

Basil sugar

for rolling

¼ cupwhite sugar

5basil leaves

Instructions

Step 1

Serving Makes 24 cookies

Step 2

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Step 3

Combine all purpose flour, baking soda, salt and whisk until incorporated. Set aside.

Step 4

In a food processor blitz sugar and basil leaves until the leaves are finely ground and is bright green. Set aside.

Step 5

In a stand mixer or with an electric mixer, beat butter for about a minute on medium speed until fluffy and pale.

Step 6

Add the basil sugar to the butter and beat for another 2 to 3 minutes until light in color and creamy.

Step 7

Note Scrape the sides of your bowl in between to ensure that everything is combined.

Step 8

Add vanilla extract, lemon zest, the egg and the egg yolk into the creamed butter/sugar mixture and beat for 2 to 3 minutes or until the mixture is well combined.

Step 9

Note Scrape the sides of your bowl half way to ensure everything is getting mixed.

Step 10

In batches, add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and blend on low speed until barely combined.

Step 11

Note Make sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to get any dry bits that haven’t been incorporated.

Step 12

Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop, measure out cookie dough onto a parchment lined tray. For super accurate cookie dough balls, measure out the cookie dough into 40 gram dough balls.

Step 13

Make the basil sugar for rolling and gently roll the cookie dough lightly in the sugar.

Step 14

Place 5 to 6 balls of dough on the baking tray, leaving about 2 inches or more of space between each and bake for 8 to 9 minutes or just until the edges or the cookie are set. . It’s okay if they look slightly under baked in the center, they will firm up as they cool. While the cookies are still hot, scoot them with a cookie cutter to get round cookies.

Step 15

Note Pulling them out when they look under baked will help keep them chewy and soft after they cool.

Step 16

Let the cookies cool for 5 to 10 minutes and enjoy!