Very Lemon Shortbread

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temp
• 1 1/2 confectioners' sugar, separated
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, separated
• 1 teaspoon lemon, emulsion
• 2 the zest and the small lemons, juice of

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour and salt together. set aside.
• 2 in a separate bowl cream the butter and 1/2 cup confectioners sugar together until smooth (about 2-3 minutes), add the lemon emulsion and half the lemon zest and stir until incorporated.
• 3 add the flour mixture and beat just until crumbly.
• 4 using your hands work dough into a flat disk, put into a zip top baggie and chill in the fridge for an hour.
• 5 preheat oven to 350.
• 6 line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• 7 lightly flour a surface and roll dough out 1/4 inch thick.
• 8 using a 2" cookie cutter, cut out shapes and place on prepared pan.
• 9 bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
• 10 cool on wire rack completely.
• 11 icing: sift the remaining confectioners sugar and then add lemon juice, stir until smooth. add the remaining zest.
• 12 drizzle icing onto cooled cookies or dip the face of the cookies into the icing and gently tap off the excess. let icing crust.