Michele Romano Recipes

Italian Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup organic unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tbsp fresh basil leaves, chopped
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 1/2 tsp grated lime zest
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Cane sugar for sprinkling on top

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Blend butter and sugar together using electric mixer or food processor until creamy.
3. Add in flour, basil, both zests, lemon juice and salt.
4. Mix until large moist clumps form.
5. Roll approx 1 tablespoon of dough into balls.
6. Place 2” apart on a large cookie sheet.
7. Using a fork, gently flatten cookie balls.
8. Sprinkle tops of cookies with sugar.
9. Bake until edges are light brown, about 13-15 minutes.
10. Let cool on a wire rack.

Yields: approx 16 cookies
Prep time: 30 min.
Cook time: 15 min.

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