Ingredients
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1/4 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 egg
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon, zest of, finely grated
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3/4 teaspoon coconut extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
Preparation
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Preheat oven to 400 deg F.
Combine butter, caster sugar, brown sugar in a large mixer bowl.
Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add egg, mix until combined.
Add the lemon juice, zest, almond and coconut extract.
Combine well.
Mix salt with flour.
Add it to the butter mixture gradually.
(I use a wooden spoon) Put dough into cookie press.
Press cookies onto UNGREASED cookie sheet.
Bake for about 8 minutes.
NOTE: Before baking, i brush cookies with egg yolk glaze, fill the middle with some pineapple jam/filling and sprinkle with some dessicated coconut.
Very delicious tropical cookies that i bake for Chinese New Year.
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