Lemon butter cookies

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Unsalted butter; room temp
½ cup Sugar
1 Egg yolk
¼ cup Fresh lemon juice
1½ teaspoon Grated lemon rind
pinch Salt
14 tablespoons All-purpose flour; sifted
Powdered sugar

Directions

Recipe by: Cooking with Bon Appetit - Cookies Preheat oven to 375F.

Grease baking sheets. Using electric mixer, cream butter and ½ cup sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in yolk, then lemon juice, lemon peel, and salt. Fold in flour. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls onto prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake until edges of cookies begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Cool slightly on baking sheets.

Transfer to rack. dust with powdered sugar and cool. Store in airtight container.

Makes about 3 dozen.

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