Cornmeal Citrus Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar, processed in food processor for 30 seconds or 1 cup superfine sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup fine cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest or 1 teaspoon orange zest

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, beat butter, sugar and salt and citrus zest on med speed until very fluffy and well blended.
• 2 add egg yolk and mix until well blended.
• 3 add egg and vanilla.
• 4 beat well.
• 5 reduce speed to low and beat in cornmeal and flour until just combined.
• 6 divide dough in half and wrap in plastic; refrigerate until firm, at least one hour (dough can be refrigerated for two days or frozen for a month).
• 7 to bake, position rack in upper third of oven and another rack in lower third.
• 8 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 9 remove one disk of dough from fridge and cut in half.
• 10 return unused portion to fridge.
• 11 either-- scoop cookie dough into 1-tbsp balls with small ice cream scoop and roll each ball between palms till smooth.
• 12 place dough balls on parchment lined cookie sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart.
• 13 using the bottom of a smooth glass dipped in flour (i used sugar!) gently flatten each dough ball to about 1.
• 14 8 inch thickness.
• 15 or-- lightly flour work surface.
• 16 roll dough to 1/3 inch thick, using offset spatula to loosen dough.
• 17 sprinkle surface lightly with flour as needed.
• 18 cut dough into desired shapes.
• 19 plase shapes on parchment lined cookie sheets, spacing about 1/2 inch apart.
• 20 get as many dough shapes out of each sheet because dough should*only be rolled twice.
• 21 *discard any leftover dough after second folling, or form leftover dough into balls and flatten to 1/8 inch thick.
• 22 bake 2 sheets at a time, until cookies are evenly golden brown.
• 23 ,6 to 8 minutes.
• 24 rotate sheets halfway through baking for even browning.
• 25 using thin-bladed spatula, immediately transfer to cooling racks.
• 26 decorate if desired.