Lemon Cookies Iii Recipes

Steps:

• Cream sugar, butter, and lemon zest together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Combine eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla extract in a cup; mix using a fork until combined. Beat into egg mixture slowly on low speed.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Add to egg mixture slowly on low speed until just combined. Do not overbeat; dough will be sticky. Cover and chill dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes; it will still be sticky after chilling.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Form dough into balls using a cookie scoop or tablespoon and roll each in powdered sugar. Place onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Lightly smash each ball down using your hand.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the middle of each cookie is just barely set, 11 to 12 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack completely before storing in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Blend the white sugar and shortening until light.
• Beat in the eggs, milk, vanilla and 1 teaspoon lemon extract.
• Mix until well blended.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture.
• Mix until combined (the dough will be sticky).
• Drop spoonfuls of dough onto parchment paper lined baking sheets.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Let cookies cool on cooling rack.
• To make icing: combine the confectioner's sugar, water and lemon extract to taste.
• Beat until smooth and make icing thick enough to spread on cooled cookies (add more sugar if needed).