Recipes Using Lemongrass
With a bright lemon essence and a grassy back-note, lemongrass is rightly named. Its intoxicating fragrance is mystically calming and healing. No wonder it’s used in numerous teas, candles, soap, even lotions. Secretly, I cannot resist buying lemongrass products; they add a little spark of joy to my day. This year, instead of spending a fortune on lemongrass loot, I invested in a lemongrass plant. Its long green blades and rusty shoots have flourished in the summer sun. The only problem is… I FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT! I had lofty aspirations of tea, herby cocktails, tom yum soup, thai turkey meatballs, sorbet, and other lemongrass recipes. Yet amid vacations, chasing kids, and endless hours at the pool, it’s grown untouched all season. Now that the kids are back in school and my regular routine is emerging, I’m ready to get my hands on that plant.
Lemongrass Cookies
To pay homage to this most beloved herb, I’m incorporating it into the only other food that affects me with uncontrollable passion… Shortbread. There are a handful of shortbread recipes here on ASP. The crisp buttery layers and velvety crumb make shortbread the perfect cookie, in my opinion. Combined with poppy lemongrass, tender shortbread cookies are EVEN MORE irresistible. Lemongrass Shortbread Cookies bring two alluring components together for a zippy luxurious treat. I can die a happy girl.
Lemongrass Cookies Ingredients
Unsalted butter softened Granulated sugar Vanilla extract Lemongrass – fresh stalks minced extra fine Water All-purpose flour Salt Milk Powdered sugar Food coloring
Pro Tip: Shortbread cookies are a traditional butter cookies that does not include egg, baking soda, or baking powder for lifting.
What If I Can’t Find Fresh Lemongrass?
If you don’t own a lemongrass plant and can’t find it as the market, you can swap fresh lime leaves chopped very fine or fresh lemon zest instead.
Possible Add-Ins
White chocolate chips Chopped nuts (cashews, macadamia nuts, almonds) Shredded coconut Dried pineapple
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