Joanne Chang’s iced Lemon Sugar Cookies from Pastry Love. My first time trying any recipe from this book.
It’s an easy cookie, although the recipe requires 3 lemons for zest and the juice from only one. Best to have a plan for all the extra lemon.
My ¼” fixed depth rolling pin was the right tool for the job. I baked off half the dough for 12 cookies, and rolled the remaining dough into a log for the freezer. I’ll try slice-and-bake on that half in the near future.
We liked these. Crunchy, but not crumbly. Lemony and not too sweet. She recommends leaving them overnight to let the glaze set fully. Who’s she kidding?
Lol! I’ve heard so many good things about that recipe. I’ve made it about 5 times, and never did get it to work (sank, every time). I went back to my standard from the Silver Palate cookbook.
Yeah, I’ve had it fail too. It can be a bit touchy since it relies solely on egg white for its rise. I sometimes add some cream of tartar when whipping, and always sneak a little bit of baking powder in. Totally don’t blame you for going with an easier recipe. I kept going with this one because I used to somewhat regularly grab a slice when I worked near a Flour location.
This is a gluten-free, dairy-free cake for my neighbor friend’s birthday. My kitchen was so warm, and the frosting so soft, it started melting a bit as I assembled . Hopefully tastes OK. Cake itself is Aldi boxed mix, and the frosting has both fresh and freeze-dried strawberries in it.
Good suggestions! The kid has been eating small amounts with joy from the freezer, so it’s not the mallowmelt burden I thought it was. Still, I am thinking of making mallowmelt ice cream. Do you think the marshmallow would be unpleasantly hard when frozen? Maybe if I chopped it into very small pieces? I think you’re right it would be good with chocolate, but we’ve got warm weather vibes at the moment! I
MORAVIAN SUGAR CAKE (AUTHENTIC) Moravian Sugar Cake (Authentic) Recipe - Food.com
I baked two rounds of this nice cake, with dimples you poke in and fill with melted butter and brown sugar. The dough contains mashed potato! The poster here @pavlova mentioned this cake a while ago, when I had posted a similar bake.
Bonus–evidently the actual country of Moravia was a long-ago place (next to Bohemia!) and had several flags, and this is my favorite – cool, huh?
Yes, the history is fascinating! – and to actually have a connection! You must have either dug deep (or someone in your family did) to know of events so far back.
My grandparents still were speaking the dialect when they immigrated to Canada a hundred years ago.
I visited the village my ancestors left in 2005.
I’ll link to a couple Bohemian bread pudding recipes I posted about last year. Zemlowka / Zemlbaba / Semmelbaba, found in Bohemian/ Czech /Slovak / Bavarian cooking
My cousin’s husband is Silesian, one of the other provinces that is on the map.
. Hopefully tastes OK. Cake itself is 
