lemon – Papas Cutting Board

Lemony Snowball Cookies

Now and then, I will browse a vintage cookbook, find a treat to bake to ‘test’ for the holiday trays. This recipe mentioned a variety of different flavors to try with the main recipe. I decided the lemon sounded like a fun add on to the trays of cookies. I like to add a variety of flavors, and using lemon drops caught my eye. These are yummy, and now have a couple notes next to the recipe for my holiday baking.

If you decide to make these, the dough is deceiving. You will think there is no way you can make cookie balls out of these grains of dough. You can. The heat of your hands causes these cookies to shape the way you need them to. I froze a batch of these, because I like to pull them out of the freezer during Easter and see how they taste. That gives me an idea of when to start baking, and freezing these before Christmas.

This recipe is from the Betty Crocker’s best Christmas Cookbook, published in 1999.

I have added a note page to the front inside of this book listing all the recipes I want to create. There are many.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Sriracha Aioli

Delicious!

The lime juice and lemon juice were spot on for this dish. For the dip, I used 2 tsps. of the Sriracha chili sauce, because my husband does not like things too hot, and since the sriracha was on the brussels sprouts, I decided to keep it tame. I could have eaten it with more chili sauce in the mayo, but husband says the spice was perfect.

I also added broccoli and garlic cloves to the other side of the baking sheet, and a couple of chicken thighs.

My husband said the dip was excellent with those as well. This is a dish I will make again.

here is the recipe

in the new TOH Annual Recipes issue on page 7, by Molly Winsten.

I was on a workout machine this morning, and I started to scan this, but couldn’t get past the first couple pages, because I kept saying, “That looks good! I have all of this! and Oh my”

Asparagus Soup with Lemon and Parmesan

I had to do something with the Asparagus, because we got tired of it this past weekend after I made a large batch to go with our campfire foods. Jim did not want heavy cream in it, so I found this recipe on this blog called, “onceuponachef“

This is delicious! I added adobe chili pepper and chili pepper flakes to my bowl, and it was perfect! Jim said this was so pleasant with this weather. I poured it in jars for us to heat up for the next several meals.

This is her photo of what you need for this recipe

Lemon Cheese Loaf

Honey Salmon, Greek roasted Potatoes, and Honey butter Corn

HONEY GARLIC SALMON

Traditional Greek Lemon Garlic Roasted Potatoes (Patates fournou)

Honey Butter Skillet Corn

Orange and Lemon Sponge Cake

Easy to create and delicious

Title of book is: Coffee Cakes and Quick Breads by Renny Darling

Jim added lemon pudding on top of his slice – Yummy!

This is the second recipe I’ve made from this book, and we are happy with both.

Strawberry Pecan with Lemon glaze

Jim wanted me to bake a cake without salt as he is trying to watch his blood pressure. I remembered seeing this recipe in the book: Coffee Cakes and Quick Breads by Renny Darling. I added strawberry oil to the glaze. I also prepared this in a 9×13 instead of mini bread pans so I had to adjust the time (as you’ll notice on the recipe) This is good — Jim says this is delicious and when it is cold, it is even better. He has been eating it for breakfast.