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Friday, January 1, 2016

Delicate Lemon Cookies & Lemon Glaze

COOKIES RECIPE:
Ingredients:
2 cups room temperature butter
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp grated lemon zest
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups cornstarch

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350*
Beat butter until creamy then add sugar and mix until light & fluffy.
Add lemon zest and vanilla. Beat well.
Add flour and cornstarch and beat until well combined.
Do NOT refrigerate.
Roll by hand  into 1 inch balls or use a well-packed scoop.
Place cookies about an inch apart (they don't spread much when baking)
Bake for 15 minutes on ungreased cookie sheets until bottom edges are light brown.
Cool on wire racks before frosting with Lemon Glaze (below).
Makes about 5 dozen small cookies.

LEMON GLAZE RECIPE:
Ingredients:
4 tbsp butter
3/4 tsp grated lemon zest
1/4 to 1/3 cup lemon juice
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:
In a medium bowl combine butter, zest, juice and sugar.
Stir until well mixed.
Place a piece of wax paper beneath the wire racks where cookies are cooling.
Drizzle the glaze over the cookies.

Make it a great one!! 
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