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Double Lemon Delights Recipe | |
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Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 2 Tablespoons grated lemon peel, divided 1 tsp vanilla Additional sugar 1 cup powdered sugar 4-5 tsp lemon juice (The poster used about 7)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 F. 2. Combine flour, baking powder, salt in a small bowl; set aside. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl of electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, 1 Tablespoon lemon peel and vanilla until well blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until blended. 3. Drop dough by tablespoons* onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing 3" apart. Flatten dough with bottom of glass that has been dipped in additional sugar. 4. Bake 10-12 minutes or until cookies are jsut set and edges are golden brown. cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes, transfer to wire racks. Cool completely. 5. Combine powdered sugar, lemon juice and remaining 1 T. of lemon peel in small bowl; drizzle mixture over cookies. Let stand until icing is set. *Note from the poster: "The recipe was written to make big cookies using 1/4 cup of dough per cookie and would yield about 12 made this way. I used the tablespoons and made about 2 1/2 dozen, but we lost count as we ate some while baking!)" | |