Lemon Meltaway Cookies

Tekno Id April 27, 2019
Very light on lemon flavor. I would add more zest next time. Definitely melts in your mouth. So delicious!! A keeper for the holidays too!!

Very light on lemon flavor. I would add more zest next time. Definitely melts in your mouth. So delicious!! A keeper for the holidays too!!

Serve 12
Cook in 35 minutes

Ingredients
1 cup butter (salted, not margarine)
1/3 cup sugar (plus 2 TBSP)
1 tablespoon lemon zest (approx. 1 – 2 lemons)
1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh)
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
icing sugar (for dusting cookies)

Preparation

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix sugar with lemon zest to create a lemon sugar.  Add butter and beat until nice and creamy.  Mix in the lemon juice.  Add the flour and slowly incorporate until mixture comes together in a ball in your mixing bowl.
  • Using a small ice cream scoop, place balls of cookie dough on parchment paper or silpat.  Bake for 10 – 15 minutes. Cool on cooling rack.
  • Put icing sugar in a small bowl, add cookies, one at a time, and roll in the icing sugar then eat these Lemon Meltaways ever so slowly and savor each and every bite.  YUM!
  • These cookies can be frozen once cooled without the icing sugar.  Thaw and roll in icing sugar.
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