Melt in Your Mouth Lemon Snowdrops

From: tyk

On Mar 12, 2009

These were really buttery. I thought they were really tangy, which I love. I halved the recipe and used one stick of butter to make the dough and the filling. I melted the butter for the dough, which may have made it extra greasy. I also used powdered sugar for the filling as well, so it was not too sweet for us at all. I used lemon juice for the dough and increased the juice by a tablespoon. It only took me 8 minutes and I think my oven's temp is pretty accurate. One drop of food coloring really helped the filling. I microwaved the filling to get it to mix together and it ended up being lumpy, which was okay for sandwich cookies, but I'll be more careful next time. I got 16 sandwiches out of a half batch. I want to try use a little less butter and also try them as thumbprints instead, as that would take a lot less work. update: these were so good i had to make them again the next day! the filling turned out fine without butter and i tried it out with a sugar cookie recipe sandwich instead since the shortbread is a little crumbly. stick with the shortbread as in the original recipe, it is much better.

From: JOY1998

On Mar 11, 2008

These cookies were good, however a bit time-consuming to make. I used fresh squeezed lemon juice and followed the directions. I was unable to make my cookies as uniform as the beautiful photos as I found the dough to be crumbly even after leaving it in the fridge. UPDATE: My friends and coworkers gave these cookies such amazing reviews for taste I felt that my dough issues were not relevant and this recipe clearly deserves 5 stars!!!

From: KITTENCAL

On Sep 6, 2004

Glitter, these buttery, little wonders just melted away in your mouth, with an explosion of lemon flavor! they are SO yummy. I had this recipe in my cookbook just calling out to make it, DH and DS just love lemons, so this is definately one big hit with them LOL! The filling in this recipe was just so yummy, I am now thinking of other different ways to use it. These cookies are definately worth making, oh, I used more than 4-1/2 tsp of fresh lemon juice, something like 2 Tbsp for a more intense lemon flavor ... thanks so much Glitter for sharing another winner, I just love your recipes!...Kitten

From: Darlene10

On Sep 14, 2004

A great cookie and a wonderful lemon treat. I guess my 1" balls are larger than yours as I only got 21 servings! I'm going to tuck these away in the freezer before the two of us devour them. This will be a new cookie on my Christmas tray. Have you ever tried a raspberry filling?