Lemon Icebox Cookies
Ingredients
- Butter
- sugar
- lemon zest
- egg
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- lemon juice or extract (plus a touch of cream cheese in dough
- optional)
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar. Mix in an egg, lemon zest and a bit of lemon juice or extract. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt (and a spoon of soft cream cheese for tenderness, if using) to form dough. Shape into logs and chill. Slice thin rounds. Bake at 350?F until edges just begin to brown. Cool; these cookies improve in flavor after a day..