Lemon Drop Cookies. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, cream and zest. Combine the flour, lemon drops, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Remove cookies to cooling rack; cool completely. Combine all frosting ingredients in bowl.
Beat at medium speed until creamy.
These Easy Lemon Drop Cookies are made in one bowl, a simple buttery lemony cookie that will satisfy every lemon lover.
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You can cook Lemon Drop Cookies using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Lemon Drop Cookies
- You need of Cookies.
- It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of vegetable shortening.
- Prepare 3 large of eggs.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of lemon extract.
- You need 2 cup of flour.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Prepare of Icing.
- You need 3 cup of powdered sugar.
- You need 1/4 cup of water.
- It's 1 tsp of lemon extract.
Cool completely on baking sheets before removing to wire racks. For glaze, in a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and enough lemon juice to achieve desired consistency; drizzle over cookies. Lemon drop cookies freeze really well actually. Wrap the baked (and cooled) cookies tightly in freezer paper and/or plastic wrap or foil and they'll last in the freezer for a couple of months.
Lemon Drop Cookies instructions
- Preheat over to 350º..
- Lightly grease a cookie sheet and set aside..
- For COOKIES: Cream together sugar amd shortening..
- Add eggs and lemon extract and beat well..
- Add flour, baking powder and salt; mix well. The dough should be soft and sticky..
- With a small cookie schoop, drop dough onto the prepared cookie sheet, spacing them about 2" apart..
- Bake for 12-15 min.s, or until firm and lightly brown..
- Remove cookies from cookie sheet and allow to cool completly..
- For ICING: Combine powdered sugar, water, and lemon extract and mix until smooth..
- Sprwad icing onto thw tops ofbthe cookies with a metal spatula..
- Allow cookies to dry before stacking..
- Store in an airtight container..
- ~NOTE~ If you want to freeze the cookies, freeze uniced and add icing once thawed..
The first time we made these Italian lemon drop cookies we had such a good time that they've been in our regular dessert rotation for years. I think they definitely rival the Panera lemon drop cookie recipe for taste, even if the cookie itself is made differently. How to make lemon drop cookies. Super YUMMY!! especiallly with the lemon frosting!! these little cookies tasted just like the lemon drop candies! I was looking for a good lemon cookie.