My Favourite Christmas Treat!!

You've heard of the saying ...

"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade"

... but I have to say that when life hands me lemons, I like to make my FAVOURITE Christmas treat ...

LEMON SHORTBREAD!!

And since we all like a good Christmas treat, I thought I'd share the recipe with you all ... my good blogging buddies ... so here we go ...

LEMON SHORTBREAD

 

Ingredients:

• 250g softened unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup sifted icing sugar
• Juice of one lemon
• Shredded zest of two lemons
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cup plain flour
• 1/4 cup rice flour
• Extra tbsp caster sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180. Line 2 trays with paper.

2. Using electric mixer, beat butter, icing sugar, zest, juice & vanilla in a medium sized bowl til mix is pale. Sift both flours & add to butter mix. Fold in using a metal spoon. Mix to smooth dough.

3. Roll dough on floured surface & cut shapes with cutter.

4. Place biscuits on trays, then lightly prick holes in each with a fork & sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake til golden brown. Stand trays on wire rack for 20 minutes before turning out on rack to cool.

 

Did I mention it's a REALLY easy recipe to make?! :0) And I love that hint of lemon zing to balance up the sweet shortbready flavour. Why not make some up to give as Christmas gifts - pop it on a pretty plate, or wrap it in some clear cellophane and tie it with a pretty ribbon, add a gift tag telling the recipient what tasty treat you're gifting them with and I can guarantee you'll be invited for a cuppa to celebrate! :0)

And if you REALLY want to go all out, why not pair some of this sweet treat with a hand-appliqued table runner. What was that ??? You don't know what to applique on the table runner??? Well ... it just so happens I can help! :0) Pop on over to visit the lovely Kerryanne's blog, because it just so happens that today I was the guest poster and shared a cute (if I do say so myself!!) Christmas design over there as part of Kerryanne's "Simply Christmas" campaign. Not only can you download the design and check out the step by step instructions on 'how to' this project, you also have the chance to win my original tablerunner sample ...

Which turned out rather well ... if I do say so myself! Tee! Hee! Hee! All you have to do is pop across to check out the tutorial on Kerryanne's blog, then come back and leave a comment on THIS post to let me know you've visited us both. You have until NEXT Wednesday, December 8, to leave your comment to go into the draw, so get blog-hopping!! :0) While you're visiting Kerryanne, you might pick up some more great Christmas ideas for gifts, cooking, decorating and wrapping because there's been some FABULOUS Christmassy tips shared through Kerryanne's "Simply Christmas" campaign.

Right now, though, I'm off to see if I can put those lemons to good use ... and perhaps pair the results with a cup of lavender tea! Tee! Hee! Hee! Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS