Lemon-Rose Empire Cookies

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By: The Homemakers Test Kitchen

Photography by: Kevin Hewitt

This is a pretty and tasty take on these traditional tea biscuits (cookies). Use pesticide-free rose petals.

Ingredients

1-2/3 cups (400 mL) all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking powder; 1/2 cup (125 mL) soft unsalted butter; 1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (125 mL) rose hip jam
Candied Rose Petals:: 2 tbsp (30 mL) pasteurized egg white; 24 small rose petals; granulated sugar
Lemon Icing:: 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) icing sugar; 4 tsp (20 mL) boiling water; 2 tsp (10 mL) corn syrup; 1/4 tsp (1 mL) grated lemon rind; 2 tsp (10 mL) lemon juice

Preparation

In bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder; set aside. In separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture; stir until combined. Flatten into disc; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

Between two pieces of waxed paper, roll out dough to 1/8-inch/3 mm thickness. Using 2-inch/5 cm cookie cutter, cut out cookies; place 1 inch/2.5 cm apart on parchment paper–lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Bake cookies in centre of 350°F/180°C oven until light golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to rack. Let cool completely.

Candied Rose Petals: Whisk egg whites until frothy; brush over both sides of rose petal. Gently dip into sugar to coat. Place on plate; let dry for at least 2 hours or for up to 1 day.

Lemon Icing: In bowl, stir together sugar, water, corn syrup, rind and juice until sugar is dissolved. Spread about 1/2 tsp/2 mL over half of the cookies; top with candied rose petal. Let dry completely until glaze is firm, about 1 hour.

Spread remaining cookies with 1/2 tsp/2 mL jam; top with iced cookie.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Serving(s): 24

Nutritional Information
Per cookie: about
Calories	135
Protein	1 g
Fat (total)	4 g
Sat. Fat	2 g
Carbohydrate	24 g
Cholesterol	18 mg
Sodium	14 mg
Calcium	1 % RDI
Iron	4 % RDI
Vitamin A	6 % RDI
Vitamin C	2 % RDI
Folate	7 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: May 2006

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