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Sweet lemon bars with a buttery crust on a white plate with green trim, served with fresh herbs and lemons, perfect for homemade desserts or afternoon snacks.

Easy and Delicious Yuzu Cookies


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  • Author: KitchenAid
  • Total Time: 0 hours
  • Yield: 18 cookies 1x

Description

The citrus flavour of yuzu combines with buttery shortbread in these easy (and addictive) yuzu cookies.


Ingredients

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For Shortbread

  • 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
  • 1 Tbsp (6 g) lemon zest, plus additional zest for garnish if desired
  • 1 cup (227 g) salted butter, room temperature
  • 1 egg yolk from 1 large egg
  • 2 tsp (10 g) yuzu juice
  • 2 1/2 cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup (60 g) powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp (16 g) cornstarch
  • 1/4 (1 g) tsp salt

For Glaze

  • 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
  • 1-2 Tbsp (15-30 g) yuzu juice

Instructions

For Shortbread

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C (300Fº).
  2. Add sugar and lemon zest to the Stand Mixer bowl fitted with Flat Beater Accessory. Turn to speed 2 to infuse sugar with lemon oils for 1 minute.
  3. Add butter to sugar and cream together on speed 4 for 2-3 minutes. Turn down to speed 2 and add egg yolk and yuzu juice and mix for an additional 30 seconds.
  4. Turn mixer to speed 1 and add flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch and salt. Mix until just combined, about 1 minute.
  5. Scrape dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and pat into rectangular shape 1 cm (½-inch) thick. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown.
  6. Let cool for 5 minutes then use a bench scraper to cut into rectangles.

For Glaze

  1. To make glaze, in a clean Stand Mixer bowl fitted with Whisk Accessory, add powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp yuzu juice. Turn to speed 1 and mix until smooth. Scrape sides of bowl if needed and add additional yuzu juice 1 tsp at a time if thinner texture is desired.
  2. Drizzle glaze over cooled shortbread cookies, sprinkle with lemon zest to garnish.

Notes

Pro Tip: You can easily substitute an equal amount of lemon juice for the yuzu juice in the cookies and the glaze if desired.

To make the glaze more yellow, add a tiny drop of yellow food colouring.

To create scalloped edges (like in the photograph), use a scalloped rectangular cookie cutter (example here).

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: Australian