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)