Description
These cookies are melt in your mouth wonderful! If you are a fan of lemon and shortbread, then these are for you!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ tsp lemon juice
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 2/3 cup flour
Glaze/ Icing:
- Powdered Sugar
- Lemon Juice
- Yellow food coloring, if desired
Instructions
- Using a stand mixer to by hand throughly cream the butter and sugar together. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Form dough into balls, then press down with the palm of your hand to flatten and shape the cookies.
- Bake at 350 for 9-10 minutes. Cookies are done when top starts to crack. Edges may be slightly browned.
- Let cool completely.
- To make the glaze/ icing, put some powdered sugar in a bowl, add some lemon juice and food coloring, mix until smooth. The measurements depend on how much juice you get from your lemon and how you want to top the cookies ( a thinner glaze or a thicker icing as pictured above). Start with a cup of powdered sugar and start to stir, keep adding powdered sugar slowly until you get the consistency you desire. Go slowly with the powdered sugar if you don’t have extra lemon juice–if it ends up too runny, you can always add more powdered sugar.
- Either spoon some icing on the center of the cookie, or a thinner glaze back and forth over the cookie. Allow the icing to set or dry for a few minutes and then enjoy!!