red food coloring (I used
½ teaspoon of Betty Crocker food color gel)
1 and ¾ cups all-purpose flour (pack it down in the
cup when you measure it)
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the softened butter with the sugar until the resulting mixture is light and fluffy.
Mix in the baking powder and baking soda. Beat until they’re well-combined.
Mix in the beaten egg and the lemonade concentrate.
Add 3 drops of red food coloring (or ½ teaspoon of the food color gel, if you used that).
Add the flour, a half-cup or so at a time, beating after each addition. (You don’t have to be exact—just don’t put in all the flour at once.)
If the resulting cookie dough is too sticky to work with, refrigerate it for an hour or so. (Don’t forget to turn off your oven if you do this. You’ll have to preheat it again once you’re ready to bake.) Drop the cookies by teaspoonful, 2 inches apart, on an UNGREASED cookie sheet.
Bake the Tickled Pink Lemonade Cookies at 350 degrees F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. (Mine took 11 minutes.)
Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Then use a metal spatula to remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.
FROSTING FOR PINK LEMONADE COOKIES
2 Tablespoons salted butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar (no need to sift unless it’s
got big lumps)
2 teaspoons frozen pink or regular lemonade con-
centrate, thawed
3 to 4 teaspoons milk (water will also work for a
less creamy frosting)
2 drops red food coloring (or enough red food color
gel to turn the frosting pink)
Beat the butter and the powdered sugar together.
Mix in the lemonade concentrate.
Beat in the milk, a bit at a time, until the frosting is almost thin enough to spread, but not quite.
Mix in the 2 drops of red food coloring. Stir until the color is uniform.
If your frosting is too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar. If your frosting is too thick, add a bit more milk or water.
Frost the completely cooled cookies. When the frosting has hardened, you can store them in layers with waxed paper between the layers to keep them from sticking together.
Yield: Approximately 2 and 1/2 to 3 dozen cookies, depending on cookie size.
Hannah’s 2nd Note: When Mother and Carrie tasted these cookies down at The Cookie Jar, they decided that these cookies are as refreshing as a glass of icy cold lemonade on a hot summer afternoon.
To serve, arrange these cookies on a pretty plate.
Hannah’s 3rd Note: I used a sky blue plate when I took these cookies out to Barbara at the hospital. The pink of the cookies and the blue of the plate looked lovely together.
A Note from Lisa’s Aunt Nancy: I can see these cookies on a plate with snippets of the candied lemon slices we ate as children on top of the frosting.
Chapter Five
B arbara’s cookies were done. Hannah rinsed out her bowls, spoons, and spatulas and put them in the dishwasher. Once she’d filled the dispenser with detergent and shut the door again, she turned it on. Then she went back to her bedroom to get dressed.
She was just attempting to decide what to wear for a visit to the hospital when the phone rang. She reached out to grab it, hoping against hope that it was Barbara again, but it was Mike.
“Hi, Hannah. I’m not calling too early, am I? I know Sunday’s your only day off.”
“No, I’ve been up for a while. Hi, Mike.”
“What’s wrong? You sounded almost disappointed it was me. Were you expecting another call, maybe from Norman?”
There was a hint of jealousy in his voice and Hannah felt good about that. The two men were friends, but they were also rivals when it came to her. There was nothing like having two men vying for her affections. It kept them both on their toes and it made her feel much younger, much more beautiful, and much thinner than she actually was.
“From Norman?” Mike repeated.
“No, not Norman. What can I do for you, Mike?”
“You can marry me, but I know that’s not
½ teaspoon of Betty Crocker food color gel)
1 and ¾ cups all-purpose flour (pack it down in the
cup when you measure it)
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the softened butter with the sugar until the resulting mixture is light and fluffy.
Mix in the baking powder and baking soda. Beat until they’re well-combined.
Mix in the beaten egg and the lemonade concentrate.
Add 3 drops of red food coloring (or ½ teaspoon of the food color gel, if you used that).
Add the flour, a half-cup or so at a time, beating after each addition. (You don’t have to be exact—just don’t put in all the flour at once.)
If the resulting cookie dough is too sticky to work with, refrigerate it for an hour or so. (Don’t forget to turn off your oven if you do this. You’ll have to preheat it again once you’re ready to bake.) Drop the cookies by teaspoonful, 2 inches apart, on an UNGREASED cookie sheet.
Bake the Tickled Pink Lemonade Cookies at 350 degrees F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. (Mine took 11 minutes.)
Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Then use a metal spatula to remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.
FROSTING FOR PINK LEMONADE COOKIES
2 Tablespoons salted butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar (no need to sift unless it’s
got big lumps)
2 teaspoons frozen pink or regular lemonade con-
centrate, thawed
3 to 4 teaspoons milk (water will also work for a
less creamy frosting)
2 drops red food coloring (or enough red food color
gel to turn the frosting pink)
Beat the butter and the powdered sugar together.
Mix in the lemonade concentrate.
Beat in the milk, a bit at a time, until the frosting is almost thin enough to spread, but not quite.
Mix in the 2 drops of red food coloring. Stir until the color is uniform.
If your frosting is too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar. If your frosting is too thick, add a bit more milk or water.
Frost the completely cooled cookies. When the frosting has hardened, you can store them in layers with waxed paper between the layers to keep them from sticking together.
Yield: Approximately 2 and 1/2 to 3 dozen cookies, depending on cookie size.
Hannah’s 2nd Note: When Mother and Carrie tasted these cookies down at The Cookie Jar, they decided that these cookies are as refreshing as a glass of icy cold lemonade on a hot summer afternoon.
To serve, arrange these cookies on a pretty plate.
Hannah’s 3rd Note: I used a sky blue plate when I took these cookies out to Barbara at the hospital. The pink of the cookies and the blue of the plate looked lovely together.
A Note from Lisa’s Aunt Nancy: I can see these cookies on a plate with snippets of the candied lemon slices we ate as children on top of the frosting.
Chapter Five
B arbara’s cookies were done. Hannah rinsed out her bowls, spoons, and spatulas and put them in the dishwasher. Once she’d filled the dispenser with detergent and shut the door again, she turned it on. Then she went back to her bedroom to get dressed.
She was just attempting to decide what to wear for a visit to the hospital when the phone rang. She reached out to grab it, hoping against hope that it was Barbara again, but it was Mike.
“Hi, Hannah. I’m not calling too early, am I? I know Sunday’s your only day off.”
“No, I’ve been up for a while. Hi, Mike.”
“What’s wrong? You sounded almost disappointed it was me. Were you expecting another call, maybe from Norman?”
There was a hint of jealousy in his voice and Hannah felt good about that. The two men were friends, but they were also rivals when it came to her. There was nothing like having two men vying for her affections. It kept them both on their toes and it made her feel much younger, much more beautiful, and much thinner than she actually was.
“From Norman?” Mike repeated.
“No, not Norman. What can I do for you, Mike?”
“You can marry me, but I know that’s not
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