Butter Meltaways With Lemon Frosting

Name: Butter Meltaways With Lemon Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 3 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1/3 cup powdered sugar, sifted; 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup cornstarch; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted; 1 1/2-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated

Submitted by breezermom

"Super Important: Only use butter in this recipe....no margarine! That is what makes this recipe work. For the lemon dessert lovers out there. Like a lemon shortbread cookie. Prep and cook time does not include the 6 hours of chilling time! Cook time depends on the size of your oven and cookie sheets. Each cookie sheet cooks for 12 minutes."

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photo by Lavender Lynn

Ready In:: 32mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 3 dozen

ingredients

Cookie
1 cup butter, softened
¹⁄₃ cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 ¹⁄₄ cups all-purpose flour
³⁄₄ cup cornstarch
Lemon Frosting
¹⁄₄ cup butter, softened
1 ¹⁄₂ cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 ¹⁄₂ - 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated

directions

Cookies:
Beat 1 cup butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating well.
Combine the flour and cornstarch; gradually add to the butter mixture, beating well. Shape the dough into 2 six-inch logs, and wrap in wax paper dusted with powdered sugar. Chill at least 6 hours.
Unwrap the dough; cut each log into 18 slices, and place the slices 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Remove cookies to a wire rack, and let cool completely. Spread cool cookies with the lemon frosting.
Lemon Frosting:
Beat the butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add the powdered sugar, beating until blended. Add the lemon juice, beating until spreading consistency; stir in the lemon rind.

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Reviews

These little babies are melt-in-you-mouth delicious! The frosting sends them over the top. So cool and lemony! (We are frosting hounds at our house, so I made a little extra, but it was not really necessary.) Very easy to make. These would be great at tea time!
Chef PotPie
These are delicious. A wonderful bite. The frosting adds just a great flavor of lemon to the shortbread bite. Made as written including the baking time.

Lavender Lynn
Delicious little gems! I made these as written, except I added about 1/2 tablespoon zest to the cookie dough. I got 40 cookies and baked them exactly 12 minutes per pan. Had to make the frosting with a whisk because one of my 25 year old Sunbeam Mixmaster beaters broke while mixing the cookie dough. Tagged for the For Your Consideration game on foodfriendsandfun.yuku.com/ ~ due Dec 13 with extension.

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