Glazed Lemon Shortbread Cookies
- FOR THE COOKIE DOUGH:
- 3/4 cups Softened Butter, Cubed
- 1/2 cups Icing Sugar
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Tablespoons Lemon Zest, Plus More For Garnish
- FOR THE LEMON GLAZE:
- 1 cup Icing Sugar
- 1/2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and preheat oven to 325u0b0F.
- Mix butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with a fork until well combined. Add flour, lemon juice, and zest to the butter mixture, and mix until it forms a soft dough.
- Roll out shortbread dough on a lightly floured surface to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch in thickness. Use a cookie cutter and cut out the shortbread cookies.
- Place individual cookies on parchment-lined cookie sheet, making sure they are evenly spaced and not too crowded.
- Bake lemon shortbread cookies for 15 minutes. Immediately remove cookies from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
- While cookies cool, mix icing sugar and lemon juice in a bowl to make the lemon glaze. Pour glaze over cooled cookies, and refrigerate cookies until glaze is fully set.
- Serve the lemon shortbread cookies garnished with fresh lemon zest.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/glazed-lemon-shortbread-cookies-2/ (may not work)