Lemon Cookies With Icing

10 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 7 3/4 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 egg at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice from half lemon
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon zest from the whole lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2/3 cup icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 drops vanilla essence

Directions

  1. 1
    To make the cookies: Cream together butter and icing sugar by using high-speed electric mixer.
  2. 2
    Add vanilla, egg, fresh lemon juice and lemon zest into the mixture. Continue beating by using mixer until everything is well combined.
  3. 3
    Slowly sift in flour into the mixture by using rubber spatula. Stop adding flour once the dough doesn't stick to your bowl any more
  4. 4
    Turn the doughs into mini balls and place them in a baking pan already lined with parchment paper. Gently press each ball with a fork to flatten the cookie.
  5. 5
    Bake the cookies in a preheated oven (160 degree Celsius) for about 20-25 minutes until the cookies' edges turn golden brown.
  6. 6
    Let the cookies cool completely before decorating them with the icing.

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