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Lemony Ginger Snap Cups

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Ruthanne

Creamy lemon pie inside of a chewy gingersnap cookie cup! A perfect summer treat!

I am usually several week to months ahead in this blog. In January I am thinking about Easter, at Halloween I am baking Christmas cookies. But today- I am behind! Goodness, I’ve had such a busy spring and summer. I was 2 months ahead and now I’ve got nothing planned for the coming weeks. All that to say- I needed something SO easy and quick this week. These are a perfect recipe for easy and quick! 🙂

They don’t LOOK easy and quick- but 30 minutes, including baking time, is all you’ll need! Love it!

Here’s how we made them: (printable recipe here)

INGREDIENTS:

One tube of refrigerated sugar cookie dough
About 3 cups of gingersnaps cookies (you’ll need 2 cups of them crushed)
One can of lemon pie filling
One container of Cool Whip (or make your own whipped cream if you prefer)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, use clean hand to knead together 1 and 1/2 cups of cookie crumbs with the refrigerated cookie dough.
Divide evenly into 12 muffin tins and press into bottom.
Bake for 16- 20 minutes.
Use a tart shaper or a wooden spoon to press the centers in, forming a cookie cup (photo below is from an earlier cookie cup recipe, but shows how you should shape the cups. It is easier if you shape them in the tin and allow them to cool, which is not what the photo shows- sorry!).
Allow cup to cool completely and use a small knife to pop each cookie cup out of the tin.
Spoon or pipe lemon pie filling into each cookie cup.

Top with cool whip (I used a zip-top bag, fitted with a piping tip, to pipe mine on in swirls).
Sprinkle remaining crumbs on tops.
Keep covered and refrigerated until serving.
Enjoy!

My thoughts: Easy and delicious! The ginger snap crust is a perfect combination with that lemon filling! Delicious summer flavor combination. I hope you get a chance to try these!! Enjoy! ~r

Other fun summer recipes on Easybaked (click on a photo to see the recipe):

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Sunshine Lemonade Cookies

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Ruthanne

These soft cut-out cookies have lemonade in the mix for a sweet lemon cookie you will love!

If you have been a fan of Easybaked for very long, you know that I love lemon-themed desserts! I’ve used lemonade in cupcakes and cakes– but these cut-out cookies are a new experiment- and I adore them! These cookies just melt in your mouth- and that tart lemon flavor is wonderful.

You can cut these into any shape you want, and decorate at whatever level of creativity and effort you choose. I wanted happy sunshine cookies for a summer party- so I used a Smiley Face Emoji Chocolate Mold and yellow, blue and orange Wilton’s Candy Melts to decorate my cookies. They make me smile!

Here is how I made them: (printable cookie recipe here)

INGREDIENTS: (makes about 24 cookies)

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter (softened)
1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
3 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
One packet (0.23 oz) of unsweetened lemonade powder (I used Kool Aid brand)
2 bags of Wilton Candy Melts in blue (or in whatever colors you want to decorate in!)
1 bag of Wilton Candy Melts in yellow
1/4 bag of Wilton Candy Melts in orange

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
Add eggs, vanilla and lemonade powder and mix well.
Add all dry ingredients and mix until able to knead into a firm ball of dough (add additional flour if necessary).
Roll out on a floured counter with a flour coated rolling pin to desired thickness (I made them about 1/4 inch thick))
Cut into whatever shape you want- I used a 3.5-inch round cookie cutter.
Place on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet.
Bake at 350F degrees for 8-10 minutes and slide off the cookie sheet (leaving on parchment paper) to cool.
Melt 3/4 of yellow candy melts (in microwave, 30-second increments, stirring in between until smooth) and use a small zip-top bag to pipe this into each smiley face mold cavity. Freeze for 4-5 minutes and remove from mold. Set aside.
Melt blue candy melts and pipe around the edges of each circle.
Melt remaining yellow and orange candy melts and place in small zip-top bags to be ready to decorate. Keep them warm in a towel.
Flood cookie to edges with blue candy melts and immediately pipe circles of orange and yellow around the cookie’s center.
Use a toothpick or skewer to pull lines through the melted chocolate and then tap on table to remove lines.
Place a smiley face in the center.

Repeat with remaining cookies, keeping candy melts warm in towels as you go.
Once they are hardened—Enjoy!

My thoughts: These are delicious. Decorating them this way takes a little time, but you could certainly make these cookies and decorate with a buttercream and some sprinkles if you want easy! The cookies are so worth trying- they got rave reviews 🙂 Happy summer to you!!!! ~r

Other lemon treats here on Easybaked (click on a photo to see the recipe):

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Easy Lemon Cut-out Cookies

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Ruthanne

These brightly colored Easter cookies have a hint of lemon and a creamy sweet filling. This cut-out recipe is REALLY easy to roll out and I used Linzer cookie cutters to make them into fun sandwich cookies.

Cookies:

INGREDIENTS:

1 c. margarine
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
1 t. lemon juice
2 T. whipping cream
3 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. baking powder

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together margarine and sugar.
Add egg, vanilla and whipping cream and mix.
Add lemon juice and mix until completely combined.
Add dry ingredients and mix well.
To color the dough: I divided the dough into 3 smaller bowls and colored it using Wilton Icing Colors. I love this food coloring…it says its for icing but I use it in everything– it makes things SO bright and doesn’t change the consistency of what you add it to.
Use a little additional flour to make your dough a good rolling consistency. Using a flour-coated rolling pin, roll the dough out on a flour-coated surface.
Cut your cookies using any cookie cutters you like. I used Springtime Shapes Linzer Cookie Cutters and I just LOVE the way they turned out. Just cut solid cookies for the backs and for the tops use the tiny shapes to cut bunnies and chicks and flowers from the center of each cookie. It IS a little fussy, but worth it in the end!
However you choose to cut them, place the cookies on parchment paper- covered cookies sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes (check for a slightly browned edge).
Cool and frost.

Frosting:

INGREDIENTS:

3 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. Crisco
1/4 c. milk
Wilton Icing Colors

DIRECTIONS:

Cream together the powdered sugar and Crisco.
Add the milk and blend until a smooth spreadable consistency. Divide frosting and color in as many colors as you want.
Frost and enjoy!

My thoughts: I love these Linzer cookie cutters. I got them last fall when I made cookies for both Halloween and Christmas and I’ve been waiting for spring to arrive so I could try this set out– they are just so much fun.

I really think you will like this dough– it rolls out beautifully even with no refrigeration ahead. If you want an easier cookie, just use traditional cookie cutters and have fun with all the bright colors! Enjoy! r-