Lemon Drop Cookies

Ingredients (Makes about 35-40 1.5" cookies)

• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 cup old-fashioned whole-wheat oats
• 1 cup cornflakes
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg or scant amount or none at all (LOL)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• zest of 1 lemon
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar (either dark or light is fine, I used dark)
• 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter (softened at room temperature)
• 2 large eggs (at room temperature)

Steps:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with silicone silpat.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together all the first 7 dry ingredients. (flours, baking soda, sea salt, oats, cornflakes, nutmeg)

3. In a separate medium bowl, whisk softened butter, vanilla, lemon zest & sugars until creamy and combined.

4. Add one egg at a time to the butter mixture and mix thoroughly.

5. Add all the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until well combined.

6. Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of cookie mix on to the baking sheet, an inch apart from each other. *Repeat until all the cookies are baked.

7. Bake in oven for about 15 minutes or until the cookies are golden.

8. Let cool on rack and serve with your favorite black tea.