Lemon Christmas Cookies

 If you like the flavour of lemon 

you'll love these cookies. 

Very fast and easy to make

 with minimal ingredients.

I used a new mitten cookies cutter

to make these.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

1 egg

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

pinch of salt.

For the glaze:

2 cups powdered/icing sugar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons water

Candy decorations. 

Heat Oven to 350deg.F

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar 

with electric mixer on medium

 speed until light and fluffy. 

Add grated lemon peel and egg,

beat until well blended.

On low speed gradually add in the

 flour and salt until well blended.

Place dough on a floured surface,

The dough will appear that it 

needs more liquid, but it doesn't. 

Mix it together with your hands.

Roll out dough about 1/8 inch thick.

Cut out cookies with a cookie cutter.

Place cookies on an ungreased 

cookie sheets, about 1 inch apart.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until 

cookies just begin to brown.

Remove from cookie sheets 

to cooling racks.

Cool completely about 10 minutes.

Making the Glaze

In a small bowl, mix powdered/

icing sugar, lemon juice and water.

Spread glaze on tops of cookies,

sprinkle with candies to decorate.

When glaze is dry, store

in an airtight container.

I adapted this recipe from:

BettyCrocker.com

for their snowflake cookies.

Thanks for your visit 

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