These are a great substitute for children to take to school in lieu of Valentine's Day cards! Use a drinking straw to cut the holes in the pastry.
This was easy and yummy. I made two batches for Valentines. On the second batch I added a pinch of salt to the wet ingredients and used only 3/4 tsp of baking powder (I could taste it with the full 1 tsp) I did not have any lemon zest and it came out fine without. I also used a smaller heart cutter to make a heart 'window' in the cookie necklace on some, it was so cute :)
Read MoreIt may be because I am a busy mother of twins working full time but I found this recipe very time consuming. The cookies are good and look good but I don't think I will go into so much trouble next year. My 3 yrs old were very impressed and proudly brought them to daycare today as Valentine's Day presents.
Read MoreThis was easy and yummy. I made two batches for Valentines. On the second batch I added a pinch of salt to the wet ingredients and used only 3/4 tsp of baking powder (I could taste it with the full 1 tsp) I did not have any lemon zest and it came out fine without. I also used a smaller heart cutter to make a heart 'window' in the cookie necklace on some, it was so cute :)
The cookies and frosting are absolutely delicious. The cookies may even be the best sugar/shortbread cookies that I have ever tasted. I will be making these cookies and frosting again and again. However, making the necklaces was very time consuming (adorable but time consuming). I could not find the long string licorice so I ended up having to tie 3 short strands together for each cookie which took a long time. The holes in the cookies also closed up but it was easy to open them using a pointed knife inserted in the back of the cookie and twisting gently. If you have a meyer lemon tree, you just have to make these cookies using the peel/zest from the meyer lemon. I still cannot believe how tasty these cookies are and I am not a fan of lemon cookies.
A wonderful sugar cookie recipe. I love the idea of maing it into a necklace to give to friends. I made this with my cooking 4-H club and they enjoyed it and had loads of fun! I omitted the frosting and added 10 drops of red food coloring to the dough.
Great Valentine craft/gift. We made a double batch for our girls to make for their classmates. The small sized heart cookie cutters were perfect for making the pendants. We put 2 different sized/colored cookies on each necklace. We live in a very small town and couldn't get red lace licorice, so we threaded them on variegated yarn. it worked just fine. As for the recipe, it was wonderful as directed. I love the shortbread cookie. I will be making it often! I did make some hearts and heart outline cookies and left them unfrosted. I put raspberry preserves on the full cookie and layered the open heart cookie on top. Such a light sweet take on this cookie. Great with a cup of tea or coffee. We will be making these again! Thanks Jessica!
These where a big hit at my son's Valentines party at school! they tasted great and where fun to make :)
These cookies are great! I made these for my nephew's kindergarten class..and they loved them! These cookies are great becuase they're sturdy enough to be handled by little kids, yet still moist and flavorful! The only changes I made was I used orange extract in place of the lemon zest (I didn't have any), and they had just a nice subtle orange flavor. These cookies are a keeper!
These necklaces were so easy to make and my niece had a blast! For the frosting I used thick royal icing- worked out great. The cookies tasted good too- the kids and the adults were all happy- what a deal!!
This dough was very easy to work with. My kids had so much fun making these cookies!!! DELICIOUS!!!
Very fun snack! I needed to cook them a little longer though to make them sturdy. Take them out when the bottom edges are starting to brown. They tasted fantastic and the dough was very easy to work with.
It may be because I am a busy mother of twins working full time but I found this recipe very time consuming. The cookies are good and look good but I don't think I will go into so much trouble next year. My 3 yrs old were very impressed and proudly brought them to daycare today as Valentine's Day presents.
I was trying to find a cookie that would ship well and these are perfect! My husband loves them!
I liked the shortbread taste of these cookies. They are durable, but it takes a while to tie all the "strings" on. The kids loved them, lots of fun.
Very good! This was a very nice change from our traditional sugar cookie recipe. We liked the subtle lemon flavor (I used fresh lemon peel). The texture was nice, too. I rolled them to about 1/4" and they stayed soft. We tinted the dough and icing pink and made some with icing and some without. We preferred the iced ones but the plain ones were delicious as well - and I can't say that about my traditional cut-out recipe as they are NOT good without icing. We will definitely make this one again. FYI: We didn't bother making them into necklaces, but we might try that sometime for a special treat. FYI: Chilled dough and it was very easy to work with which is a nice plus.
Awesome!!! The kids loved making these yummy cookies and giving them as gifts. This is a great sugar cookie recipe and I will use this from now on. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a wonderful Valentines!
I made these for my son's pre-school class/teacher. Everyone loved them. The kids put them on for a little while Then eat them! The teacher even wanted to know how I made them. It is an awesome cookie and idea!!!
Great sugar cookies - more like shortbread. My husband liked them better with the lemon zest, which I didn't have the first time. We're now making them for my daughter's class. Great recipe and very easy to do.
These are just perfect! I made a batch of them for my son to take for his preschool Valentine party. I used ribbon instead of licorice. My husband ate one and liked the flavor of them so well that he asked me to make another batch for him to take to work (minus the ribbons). I made mine without frosting, just a coarse colored sugar sprinkled on before baking. Also, in the second batch, I didn't have a lemon, so I used 1/2 tsp orange extract and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. These are just the right size and flavor for enjoying with a cup of coffee. Love 'em! Nice job with this recipe.
These are cute! The cookie dough recipe is delicious. I just used store-bought frosting to save a little time. I tried pull 'n peel licorice strings, but had a very hard time tying them. I ended up using ribbon.
Great recipe very fun to make! I also used ribbon instead and they ame out perfect my kids loved them!!;)
Used just for the cookie recipe but its a super cute idea for Valentines! Cookies are more like shortbread (mildly dry), less like sugar but still taste great.
I made these cookies, but not the necklaces. They were great! The dough was very easy to work with too.
Wow! These are the Best cookies!! The lemon adds a great flavor! This will be my go to cookie recipe for making all my cookie cutter cookies. Thank you for the recipe!
Thank you so much for this fun and delicious recipe! (I doubled the cookie recipe.) The cookies themselves are divine, I got many compliments on the taste of the cookie. Of course the children loved the looks of everything. We had no problem using the straw, etc. What a fun activity!
I can't wait til try this with a twist. I'm going to cut out the center of the heart using a smaller cookie cutter. Before baking I'm going to fill the centers with crushed red hard candies. The crushed candy will melt while baking and once cooled will look like stained glass. I think this will make it look more like jewelry. My sons love when I make Stained Glass Sugar Cookies for their classmates. I'm sure they'll like giving them out as necklaces this year
The greatest idea for kids instead of paper valentines!
