{"id":3295,"date":"2010-12-12T14:48:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2010-12-12T14:48:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T18:48:15","slug":"lemon-coconut-dainties-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=3295","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Coconut Dainties-recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These were my mother’s FAVORITE cookie.  I made them 4 or 5 times a year while she was living.  Now I don’t – I love them- but they are kind of nostalgic for me to make – so I need a good reason. Like Christmas!<\/p>\n

They are a shortbread style of cookie- yet very light- although the cream cheese and butter icing bring them back down to earth.  If I was celebrating Christmas in warmer climes- I would definitely make this cookie- they go very well in summer!<\/p>\n

Lemon Coconut Dainties.<\/p>\n

ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/4 cup soft butter<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 cup sugar<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 egg yolk<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 tsp vanilla<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp lemon extract<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 cups flour<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 cup chopped coconut<\/strong><\/p>\n

method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cream together the butter and sugar, add egg yolk and mix until they are light and fluffy.  Add vanilla and lemon extract and mix well, once again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Add flour- one cup at a time, incorporating it into the wet ingredients, then add coconut.  Your dough will be on the dry side, kind of like a pastry dough.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make into balls(walnut-sized) and flatten with two fingers.  You can place them close on a tray- they won’t get much bigger.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When working with short doughs it is a good idea to use parchment paper to keep the bottoms from getting too brown.<\/p>\n

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes.  Check often to make sure they don’t get too brown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I got almost 3 dozen cookies.You want them to look pretty pale.<\/p>\n

Cream Cheese frosting:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 stick butter<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 oz. cream cheese<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 cup 10x (confectioner’s sugar)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1-2 TBS milk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soften butter and cheese, using mixer beat them together and add sugar- a little at a time- until mixture is stiff.  Add milk until it becomes spreadable.  <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ice cookies and add a little sprinkle of red, green and white.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lemon coconut dainties- dressed for the holidays!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anise and citrus pizzeles, Christmas cake pops, ginger cut outs, ribbon cookies and brownie bites!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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