Thank you, sweet Jillian, for the Lemon Up Girl Scout Cookies!
You know how I love the opportunity to craft and create from anything and everything.

Lemon Ups were definitely NOT the exception.

I’d heard from multiple sources that those darn Girl Scouts changed the lemon cookie offering, again! And, that the “Lemon Ups” simply were not up to snuff (Let’s face it – nothing beats good old Samoas and Trefoils 😋).

In any case, I chose to make Lemon Up Blue Corn Cranberry Pecan Sugared Cookies out of my “lemons” this time around.

Lemon Ups: Crispy lemon cookies baked with inspiring messages.

The blue corn flour creates a unique texture, alongside the powdered Lemon Up cookies – the sweet tang of both contrasting lemons and cranberries confuse and delight, simultaneously, and the aroma will make you swoon!

Enjoy with a few sips of homemade Limoncello!

Lemon Up Blue Corn Cranberry Pecan Sugared Cookies

2 pkgs Lemon Up Girl Scout Cookies, processed into a fine crumb
10 Tbs. butter, softened to room temperature
14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup whole milk
2 Tbs. corn starch
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Hopi Blue Corn Flour
1 1/2 cups sweetened dried cranberries
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In the bowl of a large food processor, whir the Lemon Ups into a fine crumb. Add the butter, sweetened condensed milk, milk, corn starch, baking soda and powder, vanilla, and sea salt and whir until smooth and pasty.

Add in the flours 1/2 cup at a time and pulse until well combined.

Transfer to a large bowl.

Fold in the cranberries and pecans.

Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Form the cookie dough into golf ball sized mounds and flatten into discs.

Dust both sides of the dough discs in granulated sugar and placed on the parchment lined cookie sheets, a few inches apart, and bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown.

Remove from the oven to cool and bask in the glorious sweet, lemon, buttery, vanilla aroma.

Consume aplenty.