Melania's Gourmet Lemon Poppy Seed Cookie Recipe

Want to bake some of Melania’s very own crispy and delicious Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies at home? Well here you go!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup Lemon Juice (fresh)

• 1 Lemon Zested

• 16oz Softened Butter

• 4 Cups All Purpose Flour

• 2 TSP Baking Powder

• 1 TSP Salt

• 2 Cups Sugar

• 2 Eggs

• 4 TSP Vanilla Extract

• 2 TBSP Poppy Seeds

Instructions:

• Simmer lemon juice in a small pot until reduced by half. Take off heat, add 1/2 of butter, stir to melt

• Whisk dry ingredients together in a bowl

• Cream the rest of the butter with sugar in mixer

• Add eggs (one at a time)

• Add lemon juice and butter mixture and beat until pale (about 3 mins)

• Add flour

• Add vanilla and lemon zest

• Refrigerate for 1 hour

• Scoop onto pastry paper lined baking sheets, shape into balls, roll them in a mix of sugar and lemon zest and flatten slightly

• Sprinkle Poppy Seeds on top

• Bake at 325 until slightly golden around the edges (about 10 - 12 mins)