Lemon Girl Scout Cookies (Lemonades Copycat)
These tangy lemon shortbread cookies with a sweet lemon glaze are perfect when you can't get the official Lemonades.
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoon butter 1 stick
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup corn starch
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 ⅙ tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon + ½ tsp
- 1 tablespoon hot water
Instructions
- In a mixer, cream together softened butter and ½ cup powdered sugar. Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and lemon zest, then mix to combine.
- Blend flour, cornstarch, and salt together. Add dry ingredients slowly to mixer. Form dough into ball or puck and refrigerate 15 minutes.
- Form dough into 24 cookies, bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes until golden brown on the edges. Cool.
- While cookies bake or cool, create your glaze. Whisk remaining sugar, ½ teaspoon lemon juice, ⅛ teaspoon vanilla, and hot water. Dip cooled cookies in glaze and allow to set upside down before storing.
Notes
Start with as little water as possible for the glaze- the powdered sugar tends to collapse into the liquid rather suddenly, and the more water added the longer the glaze will take to set.
Nutrition
Calories: 87kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 43mgPotassium: 8mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 117IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.3mg
Nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate. It is recommended to use your preferred calculator with the actual ingredients you use for optimal accuracy.
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