Glazed Lemon Cookies

Notes

From Cook's Illustrated

This recipe makes about 30 cookies.

Extra lemony from using both zest and the juice of 2 lemons.

Be sure to add the lemon juice and the egg yolk together at the last minute to prevent curdling.

Ingredients

LEMON COOKIES

• ¾ cup granulated sugar (5 ¼ ounces)
• 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
• 1 ¾cup unbleached all-purpose flour (8 ¾ ounces)
• ¼ teaspoon table salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 ½ sticks), cold, cut into ½-inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 large egg yolk
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

LEMON GLAZE

1tablespoon cream cheese, softened 2tablespoons lemon juice 1 ½cups confectioners' sugar (6 ounces)