Beef Bacon Lemon Shortbread Cookies

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Beef Bacon Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Servings: 32 Cookies
Total Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 Package Godshall’s Beef Bacon
  • 2 2/3 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 2 2/3 Cups Cake Flour
  • 1 Cup + 3 Tbsp Sugar
  • 2 Tsp Fine Salt
  • 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 Lb European Style Butter (80% or higher butterfat), Cold
  • 2 Tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
  • Zest of 4 Lemons

Instructions

Prep:

  1. Cook Godshall’s Beef Bacon in 400o F oven for 20 minutes, until crispy. Cool and mince into bacon bits.
  2. Cut butter into ¼-inch cubes and return to refrigerator until ready to use.

Assemble & Rest:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients with a whisk or mixer until fully incorporated.
  2. Add Lemon Juice, Lemon Zest, half of Godshall’s Beef Bacon bits, and the cold Butter cubes.
  3. Mix at low speed until the dough comes together. Note: It will take a while until you get a dough ball.
  4. Cover bowl and refrigerate for a minimum of four hours, preferably overnight, to allow dry ingredients to become fully hydrated.

Bake:

  1. Preheat oven to 340o F.
  2. Roll out the dough to ½-inch thickness; work quickly to avoid butter getting soft.
  3. Cut cookies into 2-inch squares and place them on room temperature cookie sheet with parchment. Allow one inch between cookies for baking.
  4. Top cookies with remaining Godshall’s Beef Bacon bits.
  5. Bake for 20 minutes.
  6. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then sprinkle a light coating of Baker’s Sugar on top.
  7. Cool completely, then store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.

Recipe by Ed Rich

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