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Lemon Cookies with Icing

Serves 6 $0.91 est. / serving

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Estimated ingredient cost$5.44For the whole recipe · ingredients used
Lemon Cookies with Icing
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YOUR TIME IN THE KITCHEN

Make something good.

  1. 01

    To make the cookies: Cream together butter and icing sugar by using high-speed electric mixer.

  2. 02

    Add vanilla, egg, fresh lemon juice and lemon zest into the mixture. Continue beating by using mixer until everything is well combined.

  3. 03

    Slowly sift in flour into the mixture by using rubber spatula. Stop adding flour once the dough doesn't stick to your bowl any more

  4. 04

    Turn the doughs into mini balls and place them in a baking pan already lined with parchment paper. Gently press each ball with a fork to flatten the cookie.

  5. 05

    Bake the cookies in a preheated oven (160 degree Celsius) for about 20-25 minutes until the cookies' edges turn golden brown.

  6. 06

    Let the cookies cool completely before decorating them with the icing.

  7. 07

    To make the icing: Beat together icing sugar, vanilla essence and lemon juice by using electric mixer. Just use enough lemon juice to make a thick paste or stop adding lemon juice when you start seeing patterns when beating the icing. Put the icing in a piping bag and drizzle it over the cookies. Wait until the icing totally hardens before storing the decorated cookies in a tight plastic container.

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Foodista / Common Pile

Original recipe · CC BY 3.0

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Photograph

Photo of Lemon Buttermilk Cookies — Foodista

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  • Butter, unsalted

    File:Butter curls.jpg — David Masters. Flickr : Curled Butter

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  • Powdered sugar

    File:PowderedSugar.png — Ɱ. Own work

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  • Egg

    Own work

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  • Plain lemon zest

    Own work

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  • Vanilla extract

    File:Homemade Vanilla Extract (4107750384).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. Homemade Vanilla Extract

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  • Flour

    File:All-Purpose Flour (4107895947).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. All-Purpose Flour

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  • Plain fresh lemon juice

    File:Lemon juice.jpg — David Goehring. https://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/5309716658/

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