Iced Lemon Rounds
Friday, December 26, 2008 by Pam
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 sticks (16 tbsp) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp finely grated lemon zest
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet silicone baking mat. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat softened butter in a mixing bowl until creamy. Add sugars and beat until smooth. Beat in eggs, followed by lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, combine until just incorporated. Scoop about a tablespoonful of dough and roll with your hands into a ball. Place on the cookie sheet and flatten to about 1/2 inch thickness. Bake for about 13-15 minutes until cookies are pale on top but golden on the bottom. Allow to cool on a wire rack completely.
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice (I used 3 tbsp)
- 2 tsp milk
To make the icing, whisk the powdered sugar, lemon juice and milk until combined. Spread the icing on the cooled cookies with a table knife.
Decorate with sprinkles if desired. Let the cookies stand on rack until icing sets. Enjoy.
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It looks so good with the cute trees and red sprinkles. Children would love to eat it :D
They look good! I love the sprinkles on them. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
I am so glad you went with it, went with something different, tradition stays the same but you TOTALLY went gourmet.. these sound pretty yummy!!! And look yummy!
Your cookies came beautiful! I love these cookies..they are always nice and the kids go nutz!
I have to try the lemon- I made mine with almond and another batch with vanilla.
Those look and sound delicious! I love lemon!
Pam, these look absolutely wonderful! I'm a lemon lover , so these are right up my alley.
I know these sound so wonderful, I saw them too.
I'm sure Santa loved them.
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ps Happy holidays!
They are very pretty! Love the sprinkles on them.
Happy Holidays!
They look awesome!
You know my dearly beloved would love these; lemon is his favorite flavor!
Lemony cookies are such a tasty treat to have, any season of the year! I like how you dressed your cookies with X'Mas cheer!
It looks great! I hope ya'll had a wonderful Christmas! I'm so glad to be HOME!
Hi
This is reference to the Icing recipe for the lemon cookies, you stated in your notes that you wished you used a thick lemon frosting for the cookies, could you post the thick lemon frosting recipe for the cookies. Thank You.
Anonymous,
Use the original frosting recipe (minus the 2 extra tablespoons of lemon juice) and it should be thick enough. Or use the additional 3 tablespoons of lemon juice but be sure to add more powdered sugar. This should make a thicker frosting. Hope this helps.
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I've gotta get some 'cutesie' sprinkles. I am loving the snowflake ones. They are so elegant!!!
Ah, memories! Lemon cookies were the first cookies I ever baked as a kid! Of course, back then there were rarely lemons on the shelves (uh... 1986/7)... So we used a recipe that called for lemon extract, ha ha :) I'm sure these are even lovelier!
looks like a real melt-in-your-mouth type of cookie!
happy holidays, pam!
WOW those look so incredible love the cute and festive sprinkles as well!! All things lemon rock!!
How cute, I love lemon cookies. I get meyer lemons from my neighbors this time of the year, it's so much fun to try new lemon recipes!
mm, these look so delicious. bet you guys loved them!
I saw those too! Are they melt-in-your-mouth taste? Sure looks like it.
yum! i love citrus around the holidays. it's such a refreshing twist on regular cookies. these are beauitful - i'm sure santa loved them!!
Your cookies look really yummy. I love lemon flavour, gorgeous.
Best wishes for 2009
Ana x
Such cheerful cookies! I love the little green leaves.
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday Pam!
LL
Lemon cookies sound delicious right now after all the fudge and sugar cookies we've had the last couple of weeks!
Nice and beautiful dear! Have happy holidays!! Gloria
Your cookies are so cute and festive! I'm glad you liked the cookies. Have a happy New Year!
These look so light and refreshing, great idea ladies!
those look very professional. Hey - I used to live in Portland! Your cookies are beautiful. Happy New Year.
Pam these look so delicious! I think I'm all baked out for the season. I need to start trying your food recipes!
Hi! What a great blog ... and I want to say "thank you" for including vegetarian/vegan recipes. I browsed through your vegetarian selections and found a lot that I'd love to try (we're vegan).
And these cookies ... I think I could come up with some vegan alternatives ... they look so good. I love anything lemon!
Thanks for sharing your recipes!
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These look so yummy as I love anything with lemon. How delicious they would be with my tea right now!
The cookies look delicious, but it's the sprinkles and the teeny-weeny trees that make them so irresistible! Nice touch!
These look delicious! My cookie tray could have really used a lemon cookie this year -- I am going to have to bookmark this one! Hope you had a great Christmas!
These look beautiful. They remind me of the Lemon Ricotta cookies I have made and wanted to for Xmas but just didn't fit them in. Love those little Xmas tree sprinkles!
Your cookies look good. Love hte festive sprinkles. My mom made some honey lemon cookies that were tasty for Santa, too. Maybe lemon cookies are the new trend for Santa!
Happy 2009!
~ingrid
What a nice holiday treat!
Nice cookies, lemon flavour is my fav' one, like the decor, simple and neat.
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