Lemon Lover's Cookies Recipe

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"This light cookie will melt in your mouth. They're sure to be a hit wherever you serve them - mine always are!" Virginia Dillard, Whitmire, South Carolina

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Lemon Lover's Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 40 Servings
20 10 30

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
  • LEMON FROSTING:
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
  • GARNISH:
  • Additional grated lemon peel, optional

Directions

  • In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in lemon juice. Combine the flour, cornstarch and lemon peel; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  • Shape into a 1-1/2-in. roll; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Gently remove to wire racks to cool completely.
  • In a small bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add the confectioners’ sugar, lemon juice and peel; beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cookies; sprinkle with additional lemon peel if desired. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: About 3-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 73 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 33 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Lemon Lover's Cookies in Taste of Home December/January 2009, p57

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Reviewed on Dec. 25, 2011 by cyb

My mom and I love to cook. She has been cooking for over 60 years and this recipe will be one we will not try again. And as the other reviews stated the cookies just fell apart


Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2011 by barbaraeddy

This recipe is Great!!! My cookies always turn out perfect. I use fresh lemon for grating and the juice. They are wonderful and my family loves them. I'm not an expert baker, just a Mom and Mamaw. Bad reviews must not have followed the directions. You should use real salted butter not margarine. I cut my dry mixture into butter mixture with a pastry blender. Perfect every time. Thanks for this recipe Taste of Home. Barbara Eddy Cabot, Arkansas


Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2011 by Rosebudsar

Warning. I wrote another review and it didn't show up. These cookies fall apart after baking. Even tried cutting them thicker. Waste of time and money.


Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2011 by Rosebudsar

Don't even try this. The cookies disintigrate after baking. I left them on the sheet to cool a little and they would break in half. When they are cool and you pick up they turn into powder. I even tried cutting them thicker. What a waste.

 
 
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