{"id":4262,"date":"2013-12-09T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/?p=4262"},"modified":"2013-12-09T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T20:19:55","slug":"ornament-lemon-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/ornament-lemon-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ornament Lemon Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/?attachment_id=4264\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4264\" style=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Swirl-Lemon-Cookies\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4264\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Swirl-Lemon-Cookies.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"Swirl-Lemon-Cookies\" width=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Swirl-Lemon-Cookies.jpg 310w, https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Swirl-Lemon-Cookies-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these delicious holiday cookies without packing on the pounds. Use reduced fat cream cheese to reduce calories.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup butter, at room temperature<\/li>\n<li>4 oz reduced&nbsp;fat&nbsp;cream cheese, at room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 egg yolk<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp. vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 lemon, zested and&nbsp;juiced<\/li>\n<li>2 cup all purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>4 cupss confectioners&#39; sugar, sifted<\/li>\n<li>3 tbs. meringue powder, like Wilton&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Red food coloring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<p>Heat oven to 350 degrees. &nbsp; In bowl of electric mixer on medium speed, beat first 3 ingredients 1 min. or until or until light and fluffy. &nbsp;Reduce speed to low. &nbsp;Add flour. Beat 1 min. or just until dough forms. Divide dough in half; shape each half into 8&quot; x 1 3\/4: log. &nbsp;Wrap logs in wax paper. Chill 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Cut dough logs into 1\/4&quot; &#8211; thick slices. &nbsp;Arrange slices 2&quot; apart on greased baking sheets. &nbsp;Bake 8 min. or until edges begin to brown. &nbsp;Let cool in pans 5 min. &nbsp;Tansfer cookies to cooling racks; let cool completely.<\/p>\n<p>For glaze: In clean bowl of electric mixer on low speed, beat confectionsers&#39; sugar, merigue powder, 2 Tbs. Lemon juice and 6 Tbs. water 5 min. or until smooth, adding additional water if glaze is too thick. &nbsp;In bowl, blend 1\/2 glaze and enough red food coloring to create desired hue. &nbsp;Decorate cookies with red and white glaze. &nbsp;Let sit&nbsp;4 hours. or until set.<\/p>\n<p>Prep time: 25 min.<\/p>\n<p>Per cooie Cal. 60g Sugar 10g Sodium 26mg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy these delicious holiday cookies without packing on the pounds. Use reduced fat cream cheese to reduce calories. Ingredients 1 cup butter, at room temperature 4 oz reduced&nbsp;fat&nbsp;cream cheese, at room temperature 1\/2 cup granulated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[814],"tags":[816,1147,1145,1146],"class_list":["post-4262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts-low-calorie","tag-diet-desserts","tag-diet-holiday-cookies","tag-holiday-cookies-low-calorie","tag-sugar-cookies-less-calories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}