Lemon Cooler Cookies
A double-dose of lemon zing, a great lemon cookie for Chrismas or any time of the year.
Ingredients
1 | cup |
butter
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½ | cup |
sugar
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1 ½ | tablespoons |
lemon zest
grated |
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1 | large |
egg yolks
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1 | teaspoon |
lemon extract
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* |
¼ | teaspoon |
salt
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2 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
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Directions
Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃).
Using electric mixer, cream butter in medium bowl until light.
Gradually add ½ cup sugar and beat until fluffy, stopping occasi onally to scrape down sides of bowl.
Beat in lemon peel, yolk, extract and salt .
Add flour and beat just until blended (if dough is very stiff, beat with a wo oden spoon).
Roll dough by tablespoonfuls into balls. Set dough balls on ungrea sed heavy baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
Dip bottom of 2½ inch round glass into sugar.
Press down onto 1 dough ball, flattening into ¼ inch thick round.
Repeat with remaining dough balls.
Bake until cookie edges begin to brown, about 10 minutes.
Transfer cookies to racks and cool. Sift powdered sugar over tops.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 28g (1.0 oz)