Lemon Iced Butter Cookies come together in minutes making them perfect for the days when you want a little something sweet.
Here is yet another recipe I’ve had in my to post file. This is a lemon version of the butter cookies I posted back in 2009. It’s a nice way to dress up a simple cookie without a lot of fuss. I love lemon desserts and this cookie is no exception.

Lemon Iced Butter Cookies
Ingredients
For cookie
- 1 stick of butter or margarine , softened
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons of sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of lemon zest
For icing:
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons or more lemon juice
Instructions
For cookie:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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In a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter and lemon juice and zest and mix until the dough comes together.
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Form heaping tablespoons into balls and place on cookie sheets. Flatten with the bottom of a glass that has been moistened.
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Bake for around ten minutes or until cookies are set and beginning to brown around the edges. Let cool completely.
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For the icing:
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Mix powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to make a thick icing. Add the juice a tablespoon at a time. Frost cookies when totally cool.
Want more lemon goodness like Lemon Iced Butter Cookies? Here are three more lemony delights.
- Easy Lemon Danishes Four ingredients and 30 minutes will have these shortcut pastries on your plate
- Lemon Thumbprint Cookies Buttery cookies filled with lemon curd
- Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake with Strawberry Coulis A from scratch pound cake that is easy and delicious with or without the strawberry sauce
Linked to Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam, Sweet Tooth Friday at Alli n Son and Sweets for a Saturday at Sweet as Sugar Cookies
Your Lemon Butter Cookies look so yummy. I love anything lemon so I will have to give these a try.
~Marion
Mmm, that frosting would really make the cookies totally yum. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link your cookies up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/04/sweets-for-saturday-11.html
These sound super yummy! I loooove lemon desserts! I’m hosting a Christmas cookie blog hop and would love for you to come share these!