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Lemon Shortbread Cookies

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175 min

Lemon Shortbread Cookies

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Time

175 min

Serving

24 persons

Calories

317

Rating

4.00★ (31)

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Author: Victoria Buriak
These buttery lemon shortbread cookies are bursting with fresh lemon flavor. And if that's not enough to tempt your taste buds, they get dipped in a deliciously tart, lemon glaze. These cookies taste more lemony the next day.

Ingredients

  • all-purpose flour: 4 cups
  • salt: 0.5 tsp
  • baking powder: 0.5 tsp
  • unsalted butter at room temperature: 2 cups
  • confectioners' sugar: 1 cup
  • lemon juice: 2 Tbsp (fresh)
  • unsalted butter: 6 Tbsp (melted)
  • lemon juice: 0.33333 cup (to taste)
  • confectioners' sugar: 3 cups
  • lemons, zested:

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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  2. Sift or whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl.
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  3. Place butter in a large mixing bowl; beat with a wooden spoon until very creamy. Add confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and flour mixture; mix until well combined.
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  4. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into rounds using a round cookie cutter. Transfer cookies to ungreased baking sheets.
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  5. Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light brown on the bottom but still very light on top, about 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheets for about 2 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
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  6. Whisk melted butter and lemon juice together in a small bowl. Add lemon zest and whisk again. Whisk in confectioners' sugar 1 cup at a time. Add more lemon juice if necessary for a thin consistency.
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  7. Dip the top of each cookie in glaze and transfer to a wire rack placed over waxed paper or parchment paper. Allow cookies to sit until glaze has set, about 2 hours.
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  8. Store cookies in an airtight container between layers of waxed paper. Unknown
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