I have been using essential oils for almost 20 years. That’s more than half of my life. I started buying them when I was about 13 and used them mainly for their aromatic properties and adding to baths. I was never super obsessed with them and went years without buying new ones. Oils were not the same back then as they are now. With companies producing therapeutic grade oils these days the possibilities for using them are endless.
When a co-worker told me she sold them I was excited. I became a distributer and proceeded to use them all the time again. I love them. I diffuse them, I make bath products out of them, and I clean with them. Certain oils can also be taken internally. I don’t really do that too often but the same co-worker who re-introduced oils to me made the best lemon cookies with lemon essential oil. These are delicious & you actually get that intense lemon flavor which is so nice & refreshing. I normally make these in the summer months but they are good any time of the year.
Lemon Cookies (makes 2.5 dozen cookies)
2 oz cream cheese, softened
6 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened
1/4 Cup plus 1 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
3/4 Cup White Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 TeaspoonVanilla
1/4 TEaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 3/4 Cup Flour
15-20 drops of YL Lemon Essential Oil (depends on how lemon-y you want them)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugars together until smooth. Add the essential oil drops, vanilla and egg and mix again.
In a separate bowl mix together all of the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
Scoop cookies onto a baking sheet and bake for 9-11 minutes, remove from the oven and dust with more powdered sugar if desired (I omitted this step)
The amount of oil that you use will determine how lemony the cookies are, but remember that the dough will be stronger than the baked cookies.
