Have I told you that I work for a non-profit? Well, I do and, like a lot of non-profits, one of the things we do a lot of is fundraising. Just since April, we have already put on one luncheon, two bike rides and two walks - and we have 8 walks to go before our event season will be over. For this year's bike ride in my neck of the woods, my coworkers approached me about offering cookies as an auction item. We had someone donate a sweet of the month package - pies, brownies, cookies, cakes - all kinds of sweets and since they know how much I like to bake cookies, they suggested I offer the same thing with cookies. So I did it - and the package was auctioned off for $100! Pretty cool.
I knew right away which cookie I would make for August. I love, love, love these Lemon Crisp cookies for summer entertaining. There is something so summery about lemons for me and these cookies don't disappoint - slightly crisp on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside (so much so that I was surprised they are called "crisps"), with just the right balance between sweet and tart. I can't remember if I found this recipe online and Pinned it, or if I found it directly on Pinterest, but either way, I Pinned it and have been making them pretty regularly ever since.
I'm not going to share the recipe here, since it's well covered on it's original bloggers' page (and there was no need to change it in any way) but I will share pictures of the process...
Cream the butter and sugar together...
... add the wet ingredients and lemon zest...
... add the dry ingredients...
... mix until it just comes together...
... and it's ready to scoop.
Once they are baked, they will look like this:
While they're cooling you can whip together the icing - I used only 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and drizzled in some lemon juice...
...this is the consistency I went for - just thin enough to drizzle, but not so thin it would run everywhere...
... then I drizzled it onto the finished cookies. Mine aren't as pretty as the original bloggers' are, but they sure are tasty and I'm sure my Cookie of the Month auction package winner will really enjoy them!
I'll be posting the cookies I send out each month - some of them may be throwbacks to older posts (so keep an eye out for the odd Thursday post instead of the usual Wednesday post) and some will be recipes I've yet to share with you. I hope you will make them all and share your results!
Ciao!
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