Lemon Cookies

This was a new recipe that I tried. I love lemon, and they sounded delicious. I was right! So good!

3/4 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup icing sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp coconut extract (or almond)
2 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
lemon spread/jam (kind I used was kind of like a pie filling)

Beat butter and sugars with mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, lemon zest and juice and coconut (or almond) extract. Beat until combined. Mix in baking powder and flour.

Cover and chill dough in fridge for about 45 minutes.

Shape dough into balls and place on parchment lined baking sheets. Make an indent in each cookie and fill with lemon spread.

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 17 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

Cool on rack and sprinkle with icing sugar.

*From Mennonite Girls Can Cook

Sugar Cookies

Christmas is almost upon us again and I spent some time the last few days doing Christmas baking. Yum! I've made three kinds of cookies. Here are my delicious Sugar Cookies!

3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Combine flour, baking power and salt. Mix well.

Cream butter & sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and eggs.

Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture. Mix well. Form dough into 3 balls. Wrap each in plastic wrap and chill about 2 hours for easy handling.

Preheat over to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper (makes for easy cleanup!).

Roll out dough, one ball at a time, on a floured surface to 1/4" thickness. Cut with floured cookie cutters. Place on baking sheets.

Bake 7-10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack. Ice and decorate when cookies have cooled.

Pesto Turkey Burgers

Its almost the middle of December and I was craving a burger, so I made these delicious turkey burgers. I just fried them up in a frying pan on my stove, but these would be great on the BBQ in summer too. My picture doesn't really do them justice, but these burgers were full of flavour. I will definitely be making these again!

1 1/4 lbs lean ground turkey
2 tbsps basil pesto
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 tbsps sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

Mix together ground turkey, pesto, garlic, feta cheese, salt, bread crumbs and sun-dried tomatoes in a bowl until evenly blended. Form into 4 patties.

Fry or grill over medium heat until cooked through.