Lemon Star Cookies

Ingredients list for Lemon Star Cookies

• 4 Lemons
• 2½ cups Refined flour (maida)
• 1 cup Castor sugar (caster sugar)
• ¾ cup Butter
• 3 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
• ¼ cup brown sugar/jaggery

Method

1. Put butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat till it is light and creamy.
2. Add 2 eggs, one by one, and keep on beating.
3. Add vanilla essence, zest of all lemons and juice of half lemon and mix all together nicely.
4. Add refined flour and fold it in to make a dough. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
5. Preheat oven to 180°C.
6. Remove and roll it into 1cm thin sheet and cut star shaped cookies with a cookie cutter.
7. Make a dentin the centre of the cookies with the edge of the rolling pin and sprinkle brown sugar into it.
8. Break remaining egg into a bowl and beat it nicely. Brush it on the edges of the stars.
9. Place them on a baking tray, place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool down to room temperature.
10. Serve.