Moringa Lemon Cookies
Sweet, Tart and Earthy cookies featuring one of Africa's healthiest trees
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- the zest and juice of one lemon
- 85 g (1/2 cup) of white granulated sugar
- 113 g (1/2 cup) of unsalted room temperature butter
- 1 tablespoon (20g) of unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 tablespoon of moringa powder
- 240 g (2 cups) of all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
Frosting Ingredients
- 85 g (2/3 cup) of powder/icing sugar
Instructions
The cookie
- Mix half the zest with sugar to bring out the lemon flavour.
- Add the butter and combine with the zest sugar mix.
- Mix in the apple sauce as well as 1 1/2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- Add the rest of the dry ingredients (moringa, all-purpose flour, cornstarch and salt). Use a spatula and then your hands to bring the dough together to make a ball. If the dough does not come together after a few minutes of mixing, add another 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- Place the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll until the dough is about 1/2 a centimetre thick.
- Preheat your oven to 320°F
- Use your favourite cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.
- Bake the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper for 12 minutes
- Once the cookies are baked, allow them to cool on a cooling rack and proceed with the frosting
The frosting
- In a small bowl, slowly mix the 2 tablespoons of lemon juice with the powdered sugar. You want it to be a thick, but luscious, paste
- Pour the frosting into a pipping bag or ziplock, cut off a tiny piece of the corner, and frost the cookies based on personal preference. Before the frosting fully dries, you can sprinkle more lemon zest on top for added presentation.
Notes
Moringa is not challenging to find but if you can't access it, you can use matcha. You could also omit it and just make a lemon cookie.