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I've only baked a few desserts so far with yuzus, but this is my favorite thus far. My mom wanted me to bake cookies yesterday, so I searched for a recipe that called for ingredients my parents had in their pantry. ;) I also had a couple yuzus from my yuzu tree that I wanted to use, and I was able to incorporate them into a recipe to make sugar cookies with a nice citrus flavor.
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I'm very happy the way these cookies turned out, because they weren't too sweet, and the yuzu flavor wasn't overpowering the cookie. The cookies are moist & chewy, with crispy edges. My parents liked them a lot, so that spells success to me! Here's the recipe for anyone who wants to try these out. You can substitute lemon for yuzu, as I know how difficult it is to have actual yuzus on hand.
Best Yuzu Sugar Cookies Ever
3½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling
¼ cup light-brown sugar, packed
zest of 2 yuzus (approx. 1 tbsp.)
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 tbsp. freshly squeezed yuzu juice
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Sift flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Using a freestanding mixer fitted with paddle attachment, mix sugar, brown sugar and zest. Add butter until mixture is light & fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then the yuzu juice. Slowly add the flour mixture until a soft dough forms. Scoop 1½" balls of dough onto baking sheet. Flatten the balls slightly with the palm of your hand, and sprinkle a bit of granulated sugar on top. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them sit for about a minute. Then move cookies to cooling rack.
Makes 30 cookies, 3" (7½ cm) in diameter.
Yummy! Those look so good. :) Anyway, how is the BBC version of the Office? Is it better?
ReplyDeleteThanks! The cookies were quite tasty. :)
ReplyDeleteI can't really compare the British version of The Office to the U.S. version, because both are funny in their own ways. I haven't seen enough of the U.S. Office to make a good judgment of it. I've laughed at it, that's for sure. But I've laughed pretty hard while watching the U.K. version. :D British comedies are such a riot!
Cool, thanks. :) I've been enjoying watching television shows on DVD lately; so I'll be sure to check it out.
ReplyDeletehmm cookies!
ReplyDeleteoh i just added you to my blogroll for easier clicking. :) i love looking at your cooking. yum yum.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Budding Cook! I appreciate the blog pimpage. ^__~
ReplyDeleteI love all the different ways you find to use yuzu. I've got a very similar recipe for sugar cookies using Meyer lemon. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Panda. :) I'd like to eventually incorporate yuzus into some savoury dishes. So far I've only experimented with desserts.
ReplyDeleteI really like this recipe. It's the first time I've baked sugar cookies with brown sugar — the result was nice! How does the Meyer lemon sugar cookie taste? Sounds like it'd be quite delicious. :)
Hey Yuzu,
ReplyDeleteThey taste kinda like lemon cheesecake in cookie form. Don't ask me how I managed that without any cream cheese. It was a experiment. But, since I took notes, I've been able to duplicate it again many times.
All your food looks both cute and delicious. The best I can manage is to make mine look fattening. =D
Lemon cheesecake in cookie form? YUM!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment on my food, Panda. I love cute things, so it only makes sense that I try to make my food look cute too. ;)
Woooo....looks melt in the mouth type..though u said it's chewy.
ReplyDeleteHeh, yeah, photos can be somewhat deceiving. :D I thought the cookies were going to turn out all crispy or crunchy, because they seemed to have that appearance when I took them out of the oven. Thankfully they were soft 'n' moist.
ReplyDeleteAwww, Yuzu, your site is too adorable...and of course, your baking. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Rasa Malaysia! ^__^
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