Iced Lemon Cookies
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
Cookies
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp grated lemon peel
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbspns sugar
TOPPING
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tbspns fresh lemon juice
2 tsp grated lemon zest(peel)
Recipe
In large bowl combine butter, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup powdered
sugar; beat well. Add egg, oil, and lemon peel; mix well.
Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Add flour, baking
soda, cream of tartar and salt to sugar mixture; beat until well
blended. Cover dough with plastic wrap; refrigerate 2 hours for ease
in handling.
Heat oven to 325. Shape dough ito 1nch balls. Place 2 inches apart on
ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie into 2 inch rounds with
bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
Bake at 325 for 9 to 11 minutes, or until edges begin to set and
cookies are light golden brown. Cool 2 mins. Remove to rack to cool.
In bowl, blwnd 2 cups powdered sugar and enough lemon juice for
desired spreading consistency. Spread frosting on cooled cookies.
Makes 5 dozen cookies.
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