How to Make Icebox Cookies That Everyone Will Love!

Here are three types of icebox cookies. The cookies will keep for up to 4 days in an airtight container. Click on SHOW MORE for recipe ingredients and baking guide.

You can learn to make the Pate Sable dough in the Empire Cookies recipe video: youtu.be/YryX3bpQ2P0

Baking ingredients:

Lemon Icebox Rounds
1 recipe Tender Tart Dough
2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
⅓ cup Turbinado or yellow-coloured decorator's sugar

Earl Grey Icebox Squares
1 recipe Tender Tart Dough
1 Earl Grey tea bag

Chocolate Icebox Pinwheels
1 recipe Tender Tart Dough
2 Tbsp Dutch process cocoa powder

Baking instructions for Lemon Icebox Rounds
1. Prepare the dough recipe, stirring in the lemon zest when adding the egg yolks. Shape the dough into logs that are an inch across and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill until firm, about 2 hours.

2. Preheat the oven to 325 F and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.

3. Pour the turbinado sugar onto a plate. Unwrap the cookie logs and roll them in the sugar to coat. Slice the cookies about ¼-inch thick and place on the baking trays, leaving a ½-inch between them. Bake the cookies for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned on the bottoms. Cool the cookies on the tray and then store in an airtight container.

Baking instructions for Earl Grey Icebox Squares
1. Prepare the dough recipe, stirring in the tea from the tea bag when adding the egg yolks. Shape the dough into logs that are an inch across and wrap in plastic wrap, then flatten them on 4 sides to create a square shape. Chill until firm, about 2 hours.

2. Preheat the oven to 325 F and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.

3. Slice the cookies about ¼-inch thick and place on the baking trays, leaving a ½-inch between them. Bake the cookies for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned on the bottoms. Cool the cookies on the tray and then store in an airtight container.

Baking instructions for Chocolate Icebox Pinwheels
1. Prepare the dough recipe, then remove half of the dough to a separate bowl. Stir the cocoa powder into that separate bowl of dough until incorporates. Shape each piece of dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill until firm, about 2 hours.

2. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out each piece of dough to a square about 8-inches across and just under a ¼-inch thick. Place the chocolate dough over the plain dough, trim the edges and carefully roll up, creating a spiral effect. Wrap the cookie log and chill until form again, about an hour.

3. Preheat the oven to 325 F and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.

4. Slice the cookies about ¼-inch thick and place on the baking trays, leaving a ½-inch between them. Bake the cookies for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned on the bottoms. Cool the cookies on the tray and then store in an airtight container.


The cookies will keep for up to 4 days in an airtight container.

Lemon Icebox Rounds makes about 4-5 dozen 1-inch cookies
Earl Grey Icebox Squares makes about 4 dozen 1-inch cookies
Chocolate Icebox Pinwheels makes about 2 dozen cookies

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