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wintersweet cups and lemon cookies

Lemons 1

Lemons 2

Lemons 3
I used the wintersweet branches on our mantlepiece as inspiration when designing some new coffee cups. I want to take a few pairs of these with me to Auckland on the weekend for this fair. It's pretty fun to draw over plain ceramic ware- I've been collecting the cream cups for a while on my second-hand shop journeys. 

The recipe for the lemon cookies that you see above was found here, and they are yum! I doubled the measure of lemon and reduced the sugar a bit, and was pleased with them. Our lemon tree is looking quite happy these days, so I'm always looking for lemony recipes. I've made lots of lemon cordial and hot drinks, this favourite slice, lemon cakes and muffins. Do you have a favourite way to use lemons?

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27 responses to “wintersweet cups and lemon cookies”

  1. Jacqui Avatar
    Jacqui

    Oh yum, lemon cookies! I wouldn’t have thought of that actually, but I’m keen to try. Our lemon is some sort of Meyer cross, heaps of flavour and juice but not a lot of acidity, so it suits that kind of recipe. My favourite thing to do with the lemons is to make lemon curd. Our neighbour gave us a few limes in the summer and I tried lemon and lime curd and it was just amazing, the neighbours were pretty enthusiastic about it too! The limes just added a little something that took it out of the ordinary. I can see a few ripe lemons out there now actually – through the pouring rain.

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  2. julie whitmore Avatar
    julie whitmore

    Lemon Cordial?
    that sounds very refreshing.
    My mother has a lemon tree, and my husband is very fond of lemon meriugne pie. I like lemon tea bread with lemon thyme, just a simple tea bread with the lemon thyme and a very lemony sugar glaze.
    julie

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  3. leslie Avatar
    leslie

    so gorgeous. i love the photo of the wintersweet and the mugs are PERFECT. love. x

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  4. Joanne Foot Avatar
    Joanne Foot

    My fav has to be the Suter Lemon Cordial. Lasts f-o-r-e-v-e-r and is really yummy.

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  5. Maribeth Avatar
    Maribeth

    I just had some lovely homemade lemonade today. It was very hot and humid here so it was the perfect thing.

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  6. Denise | Chez Danisse Avatar
    Denise | Chez Danisse

    When I had a lemon tree I made a lot of lemonade. I also squeezed fresh lemon and drizzled olive oil onto my arugula salads.

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  7. Lotus Avatar
    Lotus

    Yum! I love lemon curd and boysenberry muffins (anything with lemon curd actually. Also my mum makes preserved lemons and uses them for Moroccan Chicken. Very yummy. Have nice weekend at the fair x

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  8. rachelle Avatar
    rachelle

    I love Destitute Gourmet, Sophie Gray’s recipe for lemony slice as follows:
    Lemon Curd Krummeltorte
    2 cups self-raising flour
    1 cup sugar
    100g butter, chopped
    2 eggs
    1 cup lemon curd
    1 tbsp icing sugar
    Preheat oven to 180C. Place SR Flour, sugar and butter in a food processor. Run machine until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. add the eggs and pulse to combine.
    Press two-thirds of the dough into a greased 23-25cm cake tin
    lined with baking paper. Spread the lemon curd over this and crumble the rest of the mixture over the top.
    Bake for 35-40 mins.
    Dust with icing sugar before serving
    …
    It is seriously good. Not too sweet, really lemony and so good. We also love a whopping big lemon meringue pie in our house. xxx

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  9. caireen Avatar
    caireen

    lovely cups! x

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  10. Louana Avatar
    Louana

    beautiful cups melissa! I hope they are still at the fair when I get there, I might have to be there early. I’ve got a great lemon slice recipe but it uses 6 eggs so I don’t often make it, but it’s yum. Wish I had a lemon tree.

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  11. Chrissie's Ribbons Avatar
    Chrissie’s Ribbons

    Oh to have a lemon tree! How wonderful!! Those cups are lovely, the line drawings are so pretty and sweet. Lemon flavoured sweet things are my favourite, so will definitely be trying those cookies!

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  12. Jannette Avatar
    Jannette

    Those are lovely cups..! You caught them beautifully. ANd I like the idea of lemon biscuits too – I might switch to making some of these today instead of the chocolate ones I was planning on. Or maybe both!

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  13. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    I love lemon tart 🙂 I recently made an easy one from this site:
    http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Easy-Lemon-Tart-L2761.html
    Also another yummy sounding version that I have yet to try: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16046/lemon+tart
    🙂 I wish I had a lemon tree in my garden.

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  14. Margaret Oomen Avatar
    Margaret Oomen

    lemon tarts, lemon pie, lemon load, blueberry lemon muffins, lemon squares, lemon chicken, lemonade with fresh mint from the garden, iced tea with lemon, lemon gelato, I LOVE LEMONS xo

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  15. Delwyn Avatar
    Delwyn

    lemon butter…. mmm. I’ve made buckets of it this year!!

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  16. kelly Avatar
    kelly

    chicken picatta.When made with fresh lemons, it’s to die for.

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  17. Caroline McN Avatar
    Caroline McN

    Ooh. Citron presse is amazing. Squeezing lots of lemon into a glass, adding water and sugar to taste. So refreshing! Might be how you make the cordial though, but is one of my favourite summer drinks (without having an actual lemon tree in my garden!) x

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  18. Brittany Avatar
    Brittany

    oh i love these cups! the little touch of yellow if perfect. 🙂

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  19. haxen0423@hotmail.com Avatar
    haxen0423@hotmail.com

    I covet those mugs! They are beautiful.

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  20. Becka Avatar
    Becka

    So pretty! And also, delicious. I really need to get onto some baking. Looking forward to seeing you this weekend!

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  21. Patricia Reiff Avatar
    Patricia Reiff

    Melissa your cookies are delicious looking. I would like to ask your bloggers to pray for my daughter who was admitted to the hospital tonight for a serious condition with her colon. There is always power in prayers. Thanks everyone.

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  22. Rosa in the Antipodes Avatar
    Rosa in the Antipodes

    Humm! Lemons! Just because I totaly miss tropical temperatures this time of the year I would make lots of fresh pink lemonade (with one boysenberrie for color) and pretend it is Summer again…So silly, but it works! 🙂 Have a great time in Auckland!

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  23. Susie Avatar
    Susie

    oh what Sweet cups, wishing you a fabulous, friendly crafty time in Auckland !!

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  24. jonahliza Avatar
    jonahliza

    your drawn mugs are so sweet..i need to get some porcelain pens asap ❤

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  25. Annabel Avatar
    Annabel

    Hi Melissa,
    thank you for the great recipe (link)! I never had lemon cookies and never heard of it before. They are entirely uncommon here in Germany. I tried the recipe with only 1/2 cup of sugar and more lemon juice: they are “vorzüglich” (delicious)!
    I would like to pay a favourite lemon recipe back for it, but I dont have any: Germans use lemons mostly to flavor beer… 🙂
    Have a nice day! Annabel (I’m a regular but silent reader 🙂

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  26. Marsha Avatar
    Marsha

    Hi, I love your fabric!! Also, the cups are adorable. How do you make them?

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  27. holiday apartment london Avatar
    holiday apartment london

    I love that glass design and the cookies are really yummy 🙂 I’ve tried that recipe once I read it and it worked deliciously.

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