lemon cookies iced

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Ingredients

  • Cookies:
  • 3 cups unsifted all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup reconstituted lemon juice or use fresh
  • Glaze:
  • 1 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
  • 2 tablespoons reconstituted or fresh lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

Directions:

Sift flour, baking powder, and soda into large bowl. Beat butter and sugar. Gradually add dry ingredients and lemon juice to sugar mixture. Chill dough for 1 hour.

On a floured surfaced, roll half of the dough out to 1/8″ thickness. Cut out the cookies into desired shape. Place on ungreased baking sheets and bake at 400 degrees for 7 – 9 minutes.

Mix sugar and lemon juice together. Once cookies have cooled, top with glaze. Let set before eating.