Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Lemon Cookies

I found the recipe on Pinterest which then directed me HERE

These were soooooo yummy!  I ommitted the poppyseeds because honestly, I can't ever taste them AND they are pricy!  I made a special trip to the store to buy lemons and the the zested lemons are STILL sitting in my fridge.  These were so good that I made them AGAIN the next day because we devoured them so quickly.  SO GOOD.

Frosted Lemon Poppyseed Cookies
Lemon Glazed Cookies
1/2 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp lemon zest
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp poppyseeds

Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or just grease a cookie sheet :)
In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar and lemon zest until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to wet ingredients and mix until just combined, then stir in poppyseeds.
Drop by 1-inch balls onto prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 9-11 minutes, until cookies are set and just begin to brown at the edges (the bottoms may be lightly browned, but not the top of the cookies)
Cool for 1-2 minutes on the baking sheet, then remove to a wire rack to cool before glazing.


Lemon Glaze
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
2-3 tbsp lemon juice
Whisk together juice and sugar until icing is a smooth, pourable consistency. Add additional juice if yours is too thick to drizzle easily or additional sugar if it is too thick.
Drizzle over cookies. Cookies should not be hot, but it is ok if they are not completely at room temperature before frosting.

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