Lemon Meltaway Cookies
Lemon Meltaway Cookies are full of light, lemony flavor and topped with a sweet homemade glaze. It literally melts in your mouth.
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 219kcal
Ingredients
- 2 sticks salted butter (1 cup, 226 grams)
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 lemon zest
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1½ cups confectioners sugar
- 2 tablespoons juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix butter and white sugar. Add the egg and continue to mix until combined.
- Stir in the lemon zest.
- Combine flour and baking powder and add it in batches to the wet ingredients until fully mixed.
- Take about 2 teaspoons of the dough and shape it into a ball in your hands.
- Place onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet and flatten just a little.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
- Remove and, after a few minutes, transfer to a wire cooling rack. Cookies will need to be completely cooled before glazing.
- In a small mixing bowl, add the confectioner’s sugar, lemon juice, and cream and stir until combined.
- Spoon a little onto each cookie, spreading toward the edges.
- Decorate with a bit of lemon zest.
- The glaze will take about 15 minutes to set before eating.
Nutrition
Calories: 219kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 36mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg