Bright Lemon Delights
- 1 cup butter
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
- Tart Lemon Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. butter, softened
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice, preferably fresh
- Mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add cornstarch and flour, mixing well. Refrigerate until easy to handle.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Shape chilled dough into 1-inch balls. Put chopped nuts in the center of a sheet of wax paper. Place dough balls on the bed of chopped pecans and flatten each with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Place nut-side up on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes; cool completely and frost with Tart Lemon Frosting.
- To make the frosting, mix together the three ingredients, adding more powdered sugar as necessary to make a frosting that isn't too runny. Divide the frosting into thirds, and color each a different shade, such as pink, yellow and pale green. Frost each cookie with a "dollop" of frosting in the center, but not all the way to the edge. (It should look as though a large mint is in the center of each cookie.)
butter, powdered sugar, cornstarch, flour, pecans, lemon frosting, powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/bright-lemon-delights-1213200 (may not work)