Lemon–Poppy Seed Cookies (Reduced Sugar)

Name: Lemon–Poppy Seed Cookies (Reduced Sugar)
Yield: Makes 36 cookies
Ingredients: 1⅓ cups (6⅔ ounces; 189 grams), all-purpose flour; 4 teaspoons, poppy seed; ½ teaspoon, salt; ½ teaspoon, baking soda; ¼ teaspoon, baking powder; ¾ cup plus ⅓ cup, Sucanat (6 ounces; 170 grams); 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 , large egg plus 1 large yolk; 4 teaspoons, grated lemon zest plus 2 tablespoons juice (2 lemons)

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Desserts or Baked Goods

We wanted to incorporate lemon and poppy seeds into a small, slightly chewy cookie perfect for afternoon tea or snacking.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Naturally Sweet

SERVESMakes 36 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes resting and 30 minutes cooling

Sugar5 grams (down from 8)

Lemon–Poppy Seed Cookies (Reduced Sugar)

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Naturally Sweet

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To create our reduced-sugar cookie recipe, we started by adapting our traditional lemon sugar cookie recipe, but as we well knew, simply reducing the sugar wouldn’t cut it. Moreover, the Sucanat’s molasses undertone overpowered the relative...

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