Lemon Clove Cookies Recipe
Cloves always seem to end up in fall and wintery type dishes. I see them spiked into apples, ground up in cookies and pumpkin pies, rubbed over slow-roasted meats or added to ruby colored punches and cranberry sauces. I've always loved cloves, and remember climbing up into my parent's spice cabinet as a kid and twisting off the top of the jar of ground cloves to take a good strong whiff. Cloves were my favorite flavor to sniff, followed by a close second of vanilla extract, and then almond extract.
This Lemon Clove Cookie recipe caught my attention because the cloves were paired with lemon which I typically think of as a warm weather spring and summery type ingredient. Other than that the recipe was a pretty straight forward sugar cookie type recipe. Cream butter and sugar-add vanilla, egg, lemon zest, salt, and flour. Bake. You all know the drill.
The cookies turned out soft and tender, a beautiful golden brown color on the bottom, and not very sweet. The flavor combination is what made them extraordinary. While Im not sure if I would make these exact cookies again--I will try to figure out a way to integrate the lemon-clove flavors into other recipes. Maybe Lemon-Clove-Buttermilk Ice Cream, Lemon-Clove Pancakes, Lemon-Clove muffins or scones. These would also make a great ice cream sandwich with a good vanilla bean ice cream or gelato in the middle.
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Link: Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook page: 79
