Make no mistake, although these biscuits resemble those crumbly, delicious Passionfruit melting moments these biscuits have a steely core. OK perhaps not exactly steely but a definitely crunchy core. While Melting moments literally can melt on the tongue these pale sandwiched beauties give you a firm crunch back from the addition of the polenta.
This recipe started out as a regular unfilled cookie but I felt that they were a little too dry. If you’re not one for the drier biscuits, or aren’t having these with coffee, filling them might be preferable. The crunch does lessen somewhat after the cookies have been stored, making them more like a melting moment, which is never a bad thing you do see…
Lemon Polenta sandwich cookies
Makes 20 cookies, 10 sandwiched together
Ingredients
- 100g unsalted butter, softened
- 75g caster sugar
- Zest of 1 lemon (finely grated)
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup or 150g plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup or 75g polenta
Method
1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
2. Beat butter, sugar and lemon zest with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Add egg yolks one at a time, incorporating well.
3. Sift flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl, then stir in polenta. Add dry mixture to buttery egg mixture and beat until combined.
4. Knead the dough lightly for 1-2 minutes and form into a ball. Wrap in cling wrap and chill for 30 minutes or until firm.
5. Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking parchment until 5mm thick and cut out circles using a 6cm pastry cutter. Gently lift biscuits and place on trays. Bake for 10 minutes or until light golden. Cool on wire racks.
6. Fill with lemon buttercream once cooled (recipe below) using a plain 1cm nozzle and piping bag (the piping bag will make the filling look more professional but you can use a knife to add filling too if you can’t be bothered with a piping bag and nozzle.
Adapted from delicious. - June 2005
Recipe by Lisa La Barbera
Magnolia Bakery’s Buttercream frosting
Makes enough for one 1-layer 9-inch cake or 1 dozen cupcakes.
- 1/2 cup (125grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 to 4 cups icing sugar (I halved this to 1 1/2 cups)
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1. Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 cup of the sugar and then the milk and vanilla. On the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy, about 3-5 minutes.
2. Gradually add the remaining sugar, a little at a time, beating well after each addition (about 2 minutes), until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency. You may not need to add all of the sugar.
3. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring and mix thoroughly. (Use and store the icing at room temperature because icing will set if chilled) Icing can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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11 Comments | Add your own
These look delicious! I am in such a lemon mode at the moment, everything I’m baking is lemony. Maybe these will be next.
i’m not sure if i’ve ever seen such perfect little cookies, and they sound refreshingly delightful to boot. melting moments with a bit of a bite sound amazing to me.
Hello NQN,
Did you know that my birthday is coming up soon? Any chance I could get you to send me a birthday present? Naturally in the form of some of your lovely dishes!
Hi SydneyGal-Yes I remember you mentioning all of the lemon items you were making!
Hi grace-I love melting moments and there’s something about a pale yellow sandwich cookie that I just can’t turn down
Hi Cappucino-Hehe sure once we perfect instant food transportation via the internet
I’m not a fan of polenta but i would so eat those cookies. I love the picture of your cookie cutters- too cute!
Hi thecoffeesnob-Aww really? I’ll make up for it as I am a huge polenta fan. Thanks so much!
I don’t need to tell you that I am making these, right?
these look nice and the crunchiness makes them even more desirable
Hi Patricia-Wonderful! I thought you might like these
Hi snooky doodle-At first I thought hmmm odd but on my third bite I thought yes this is good!
Beautiful food styling, Lorraine!
I’ve never made sandwich cookies. My cookies always turn out a bit on the large side, so sandwiching them together just seems like overkill!
I wonder if you could reduce some passionfruit pulp down and stir that into the buttercream to recreate the cookies you were talking about at the beginning?
Hi Angela-Thankyou very much!
I think I’d like your cookies very much-big cookies always hold a lure for me.
Yes that’s a good idea, I should have done that! I’ll take any excuse to break open a passionfruit
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