Saturday, March 12, 2011

Janalee's Sparkling Lemon Snowflakes

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
In large bowl, beat butter and sugar on medium until light and fluffy. Add lemon peel and egg, beat until well blended. On low speed, gradually beat in flour and salt until well blended.
Heat oven to 350' On floured surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut with lightly floured snowflake-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, place 2 inches apart
Bake 8 - 10 min. or until cookies just begin to brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.
Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
GLAZE
2 cups powdered sugar
2 TBSP lemon juice
2 TBSP water
1/4 cup coarse white sparkling sugar
In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar, lemon juice and water. Using small spatula spread glaze on tops of cookies, sprinkle with sparkling sugar. When glaze is dry, store in airtight container.

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