Glazed Lemon Cookies
These Martha Stewart Glazed Lemon Cookies are so bright and happy with the perfect balance of sweet and tart, you'll want to bottle them up for some instant sunshine on a gloomy day!
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Makes: 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Lemon Glaze (recipe below)
Lemon Glaze
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest
- ⅓ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer or other large bowl with a hand mixer or whisk, beat the butter and sugar together, until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add in the egg, vanilla, and lemon juice and mix until combined.
- Slowly mix in the flour mixture until just combined, taking care not to over-mix.
- On an un-greased cookie sheet, drop dough by the tablespoon about 1 inch apart.
- Bake the cookies for about 15-20 minutes, until edges are golden. Let cool for a couple minutes on the cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
- When cookies are completely cooled, spread with lemon glaze.
Lemon Glaze
- In a medium bowl, whisk together confectioners’ sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice, until smooth.
Notes
Recipe from Martha Stewart
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