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Sunday, December 2, 2018

Lemon Frosted Rosemary Holiday Sugar Cookies

 Rosemary adds a unique flavor to sugar cookies that is simply so delicious. The lemon frosting adds the perfect amount of tartness. These cookies will impress everyone who takes a bite.

       
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   I think my favorite part of Christmas is cookie exchanges. Not only do I get to have fun making cookies but I get to trade them for lots of other cookies. Christmas is the one time that I spend all day making cookies as they are my favorite food. I think if I had to choose one cookie to be my favorite, it would be frosted sugar cookies. There is just something about a sugar cookie with frosting on them. The ones that I really love are the ones in unique shapes and decorated with many colors. A butterfly-shaped cookie just tastes so much better when it looks so pretty. Since I don't have the talent or patience to decorate cookies, I buy those at the bakery. So my talent may not be in how the cookie looks but I do a great job with how the cookies taste. When I make cookies I like to make unique flavors for the cookie exchange that I attend and the one cookie that always gets the most attention is my Lemon Frosted Rosemary Holiday Sugar Cookies. People are always surprised at how good they taste as they would have never thought to add rosemary to a sugar cookie. Another secret ingredient that I use in cookies is black pepper. Black pepper adds a wonderful taste to gingerbread cookies.  Spices sure do add great flavor to other cookies, last year I made Holiday Cinnamon Spiced Sugar Cookies with pumpkin pie spice and my family loved them.


Lemon Frosted Rosemary Holiday Sugar Cookies are 
~ Sweet
~ Soft
~ Delicious
~ Perfect for Cookie Exchanges
~ Buttery
~ Unique in Flavor
~ Perfect for the Holidays
~ Can be Made Dairy-Free with Vegan Butter

Holiday Cinnamon Spice cookies ~ Keep reading for the recipe


So many cookies so little time to bake

 When I bake cookies there are a couple of ingredients that I always use and I will not compromise on them. I always use real butter as you can really taste the difference in cookies when they were made with margarine. Also, cookies made with real butter just cook better. They tend to not burn. Using silicone baking mats also helps cookies to not burn. Another ingredient that I always use when making cookies is pure vanilla extract. The flavor of vanilla made from real vanilla beans is so much better than that of imitation vanilla which is made from chemicals or something else. If you want the taste of vanilla you have to use real vanilla beans. The vanilla that I am loving in all my baking is Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract. This Vanilla extract uses a unique proprietary slow, cold extraction process to gently draw out and preserve more than 300 delicate flavor compounds to give you the richest-tasting vanilla.





 Other real extract flavors that I keep on hand for holiday baking are pure peppermint extract and pure almond extract. Pure peppermint is great in peppermint mocha coffee drinks and candy cane bark. I will use pure almond extract in cakes and shortbread cookies. Nielsen-Massey makes the best flavor extracts as they use pure ingredients. I like when they bundle their flavor extracts for the holidays as it makes it so easy to have the flavors on hand that I will be using. If you will be doing any baking for the holidays the Nielsen-Massey Holiday Flavors Bundle is a must-have product.


Check out some other cookie recipes that would be great for the holidays ~  Click on the yellow links for the recipes









~ Dairy-Free Chocolate Dipped Salted Almond Butter Cookies






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42 comments:

Alexandra Cook said...

I just love baking and eating cookies - especially at this time of year! I will definitely give your recipe a try this week :)

Anonymous said...

I love your “hacks” of rosemary and black pepper!!! I am very similar- that I like to make something that is different and unique! -Kristen

Jessica Lyles said...

This seems like a good recipe for Santa cookies! I may have to try this recipe before then haha. Thanks for recipe

chirips said...

i love cookies ! thanks for an additional recipe to try over the holidays

AiringMyLaundry said...

What a great flavor! I need to make these for sure. I don't think I've ever tried cookies like this before.

Unknown said...

Lemon sugar cookies are absolutely amazing! This seems like a pretty easy recipe to follow. I'll add this to my christmas baking routine for sure! I bake more in December than I do all year!

What Corinne Did said...

I have never used rosemary in baking but what a great idea! Those cookies look absolutely fantastic!

Candace said...

I love cookies! Baking them is so relaxing. I really enjoy the smell of fresh cookies in the oven. I would definitely try this recipe.

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Unknown said...

This looks like such a yummy yet simple recipe! I put rosemary in everything! Can't wait to try!

Alvern said...

I love anything cookies or cake with lemon so worth it! The rosemary definitely has me startled. Looking forward to trying this over the holidays.

Unknown said...

Mmmm these looks delish! I'm going to try this recipe with my girls :) Thank you for sharing.

Thatiana said...

These cookies look so delicious! I can’t wait to try them out, thanks.

StrongIslandSocial said...

I would love to try your lemon shortbread and sugar cookies. And the extract looks like something to try as it can make a huge difference in baking. Keshia Richmond

Summer Mitch Ryan said...

We love cookies! The idea of rosemary in it is new for us but pretty interesting.

Rupy said...

I love to eat cookies and there are many in different shapes that I should have to try to make. Thanks for sharing.

Dalene Ekirapa said...

I used to eat a lot of sugar biscuits and I loved them! That just tells me how these sugar cookies are even yummier...So crunchy!

FoodyFoodie said...

Silicon baking mat is the secret tool. I never know about it. Thank you for introducing to me.

pradnya said...

I prefer using natural extracts to essence any day in my baking. Will keep a look out for Nielsen-Massey extracts.

Norma Nikutowski said...

Awesome recipe! Will definitely try to make them this holiday season. I love cookies!

Claudia said...

Everything about this recipe is great! I love sugar cookies. I love lemon and rosemary. I ADORE the way you made them into a sandwich cookie. Winner!

Celebrate Woman said...

We like sugar cookies and make our own recipe. Adding rosemary would truly amplify all the senses.

Kathy said...

These look really good. I've never had a lemon frosted rosemary cookie before. I'm very interested in trying them.

Fatima D Torres said...

Sugar cookie recipes are my favorite! I love making holiday cookies with the family.

Monica Simpson said...

This is a creative cookie to add to the Christmas cookie platter!

Ryan Escat said...

Thanks for the recipe. I love that we can be creative with the shapes of these cookies. This would make a great snack on Christmas day.

Lisa Joy Thompson said...

These look awesome! We used to have a rosemary bush outside of our house and we loved having fresh rosemary for all of our recipes!

Gust si Aroma said...

I am sure that these cookies will be our new favorite! My family loves lemon flavor so much! It's the best!

Julia Hess said...

Oh these look so good. I am so excited to bake cookies this weekend it is such a fun and tasty tradition and my boys enjoy it also.

Lyosha Varezhkina said...

looks good! i can't wait for the weekend to bake something again

EMILY said...

I wouldn't have thought to add rosemary either! They do look delicious though!

Lisa said...

This would be lovely to make tonight. Maybe even decorate them.

Forever My Little Moon said...

We usually make gingerbread men, but these sugar cookies look tasty too!

Kathy said...

I would love to try making these. They sound really good. I've been looking for some new cookie recipes too.

Richelle Milar said...

Oh my this looks absolutely delicious and tasty! I would really love to try this my kids are going to love this for sure!

Tammy said...

I recently had some cookies with rosemary and they were so good. What a lovely taste to add.

Anonymous said...

I would so love to try this recipe! Very interesting and I love the flavor combination here! Perfect for the Holidays and cannot wait bake!

Samantha said...

They look so good! Sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing the recipe so we can give them a try! Yum!

Beautiful Touches said...

I love it when citrus is incorporated in dessert dishes, this sounds delicious!

Anonymous said...

I like sugar cookies. I will have to try your recipe soon. Those cookies look yummy! -LYNNDEE

Renee said...

This sounds so very interesting. I've never used Rosemary in cookies before.

StarTraci said...

I am all in on cookie exchanges. I love getting them and I am starting to love making them.

Marysa said...

These sound so tasty. I think these would be perfect with tea! Love the idea of rosemary in a cookie.

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