Lemon cookies - INQUIRY

[apr_housewife]

So I have seen many various recipes throughout my search to make some lemon cookies today, all with about the same ingredients, and these seem to be very simple to make. My issue is, they all call for UNSALTED butter.. my butter is not. Is there any way to use the basic lemon cookie recipe, using the salted butter, and possibly modifiying the

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[sylphon]

You shouldn't need to modify the sugar or ingredients beyond eliminating any additional salt the recipe calls for. In most baking, salted and unsalted butter comes down to personal preference and taste (and medical reasons for some people). In lemon cookies I might add a bit more lemon zest or whatever lemon you are using. Just make sure if the recipe calls for salt, don't add it since then the cookies will be less desirable.

[apr_housewife]

Thank you so much, makes sense :) I appreciate your help!

[femaleintrovert]

I agree with sylphon. I bake alot of cookies, and always use salted butter and just leave out the salt listed in the ingredients and they come out great.

I also think experimenting is key when baking (I'm a baker not a cook really), why not try fresh lemon maybe instead of lemon extract if that's what it calls for, and just see how it comes out. You could always sprinkle some granulated sugar on top of the cookie to compensate for the fresh lemon? Good luck! You may be pleasantly surprised.

[apr_housewife]

Yes, I actually will be altering a recipe I just found Orange Brown Sugar cookies, after realizing I had already used the lemon I had in the house, but I have an orange lol.. and also realized that I didn't have enough white sugar left, but I did just buy brown sugar. That led me to just Google "Orange Brown Sugar Cookies" which brought up that exact recipe from the Domino sugar website! I will certainely be sprinkling some sugar on top, as well as a bit of cinnamon.. because orange and cinnamon are such lovely fall/winter flavors :)

Thanks for your input as well!! Already loving this community.

[chaotic_binky]

I have never used unsalted butter in any recipe that calls for it. I have never noticed anything tasting salty either.

[apr_housewife]

Yeah I made the cookies, and they came out fine, still added the pinch or so of salt that the recipe required.. they're delicious. I did add a bit of lemon zest as well, because the orange I had was a little small. I wanted to make sure they had an assertive enough citrus flavor. They do! :D

[mellybean71]

You can adapt this recipe to use lemon instead of lime: http://www.marthastewart.com/316576/lime-meltaways-from-the-martha-stewart-s

It's one of my top five cookie recipes, people *love* the lime ones.

[apr_housewife]

I actually tweaked this recipe: http://www.dominosugar.com/recipe/orange-brown-sugar-cookies-279 adding some lemon zest to bump the citrus flavor, and I made the drop cookie variety, which calls for adding 3 tbsp. of milk (rather than the roll-out recipe, which requires no milk) but I subbed 3 tbsp. of honey flavored Greek yogurt, and sprinkled a little cinnamon sugar on top of each.. oh boy, they are citrusy, moist, amazing.

salty rose water swiss butter cream ew..

[revolution_riot]

I have actually asked myself this question before! I went and looked up how much salt weights and how many grams are in a cup of butter. Its almost exactly 1/2 teaspoon per cup of butter. So I just eliminate that amount from the recipe! Works perfectly, not that I'm seeing people having issues with salty baked goods. The only time I have actually had a issue with salted butter is when it comes to frosting. Saved your unsalted butter for frosting! very important. I learned the hard way with a rose water swiss butter cream, and lets just say I haven't looked back at rose water since....

Re: salty rose water swiss butter cream ew..

[apr_housewife]

I've never even heard of rose water, lol. I'm not a very advanced baker. I'm a better cook than baker, but I'm working on it lol.

Today I'm making what I call a "Pumpkin Ginger Spice Cake" and it's my way to learning with substitutions for ingredients, starting with a cake mix. So we'll see how this goes :) Wish me luck, haha.