Lemon Melt-Away Cookies
Luscious, light, lemony cookies that melt in your mouth.
Equipment
- cookie dough scooper
Ingredients
For the cookie:
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
For the icing:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- lemon juice, from zested lemon
Instructions
Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use a silpat liner.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the dry ingredients; flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together on high speed, 2 sticks of softened butter and ¾ cup powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and the lemon zest and beat to combine.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and add flour mixture a ½ cup at a time until completely combined.
- Using a cookie scooper, place a scoop of dough onto prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Use your fingers to flatten each ball of dough into a ½ inch thick round disc shape.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes, or until the centers are set. Cookies will not brown but they will be done.
- Remove pan from the oven and allow cookies to remain on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, use a spatula to transfer the cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Icing:
- Whip together lemon juice and 2 cups powdered sugar. Icing will be rather stiff.
- Use the back of a spoon to frost cooled cookies and allow them to set until the frosting hardens.
- Once the frosting has hardened, store cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.