Lemon Cookies

(WARNING!!!! These are super delicious cookies!)

nom nom nom nom nom

seriously, these cookies are too diiieeeee for (said in operatic tone)!!

whenever we make them at school, my classmate Syd and I gobble up the dough... mmm! so goooood (gremlin voice)!!! Anyways, it really is delish ish ish! It's not too soury and not too sweet and just the right amount of butteryness! mmmmm ... i need to calm down, it really is a good thing that I don't have any butter with me at the moment or else I'd be baking some more of these! sigh... I once again tweaked their recipe :)



Lemon Cookies!

2 1/4 c  AP Flour
1/2 tsp  b. powder
1/2 tsp  salt
1 c        butter
3/4 c     sugar
1           egg
2 tbsp   lemon zest
1 tbsp   lemon juice
1 tsp     vanilla extract

Glaze
1 1/2 tbsp   lemon zest
1 c        10X
4-5 tsp   lemon juice


(key: 10X = confectioners sugar)


- combine sugar and zest

- using the paddle attachment,  cream the butter with the sugar and zest mixture! (aren't those cubes the cutest!) Cream until its all nice and fluffy!! .... and light in color :)

  

- add the eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice and scrape down the bowl from time to time

- sift the rest of the dry ingridients, flour salt, b. powder and pour it into the butter mixture until all is deliciously combined!

- scoop the cookies out, i just grabbed the dough and made little balls, there isn't too much spread to the cookies so just make balls and press them down a bit.. it should bake with a nice round moundish dome.

- oh! bake at 350! until it's done.... you know, not burnt and not raw :) normally a golden edge is the sign of doneness for these bad boys!

- while the cookies are baking, time to make the glaze!!! In my butter pic you can see the zester and lemon zest in that measuring cup... I really just zested a full lemon and used some for the glaze and some for the cookies and had some extra for my delish turkey burgers :)

- glaze!! mix all the ingredients and BAM!!!! you've got yourself a delicious glaze!

- once the cookies are done, put them on a cooling rack... and when they've cooled down, just dip the tops of them in the glaze and VOILA! Deliciousness!!!!!

(you might want to freeze them once the glaze has hardened, because they are so seriously delicious you could eat 10 in one sitting and not even realize... or you might realize... and also feel really low about yourself and your lack of will power..... I speak from experience ;) I've never had 10 in one sitting though... maybe 5... or 6?)

Enjoy!