Sweet & Sour Valentines

Sweet & Sour Valentines
Sweet & Sour Valentines
Sweet & Sour Valentines
Sweet & Sour Valentines
Sweet & Sour Valentines
Sweet & Sour Valentines

These Sweet & Sour Lemon Cookies will make your lips pucker in the best possible way. The first bite is really tart because the glaze is made with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a healthy amount of lemon zest. As you chew, the sweetness of the cookie itself — which has the barest hint of lemon — comes through to smooth everything out. It’s the perfect expression of love itself. I don’t know about you, but the people I love the most are also the ones that can break my heart. Fortunately, we always end up on the sweet side of love, because that’s what family is all about.

“Today I will live in the moment unless it’s unpleasant in which case I will eat a cookie.” Cookie Monster

I wanted to make a delicate cookie with just the barest suggestion of lemon and then cover it in a really tart lemon glaze. This heart-shaped cookie with a fluted-edged met the challenge perfectly. I added the tiny red heart to the top as a promise that the inside would be a sweet reward after tackling the sour glaze. So-o-o good!

A cookie a day...
There is no scientific evidence to suggest that giving someone a dozen cookies will make them love you, but it can’t hurt.

 

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What I’ve learned...

If you want amazing lemon flavor in cookies or cakes, fresh-squeezed lemon juice beats bottled any day. When our lemon tree is producing, I squeeze and zest as many as I can and freeze the juice and zest to use later. If you buy lemons, be sure to wash them in warm soapy water to remove the wax coating before you zest them. These cookies were made with the best ingredients I could find. I’ve experimented with less expensive ingredients, but have come to the conclusion that flavor is best when I use the best. Why spend all this time baking and decorating if taste and texture are just so-so? Decorating the cookies takes time, but it’s an enjoyable process for me and I know that those who receive them appreciate that. Life is just better when you can share something you love with someone you love. Don’t you agree?

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