Lemon Spice Cookies

Name: Lemon Spice Cookies
Total time: 3300 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened; 1 cup sugar; 2 tbsp milk; 1 tsp Lemon zest, fresh; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour; 1/2 tsp Lemon zest; 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 yellow food dye, optional

Emily @cook_3101344

Whipped up a deliciously different kind of cookie. You can swap out the whole wheat flour for all purpose flour if you'd like. These cookies come out very large and fluffy.

Emily @cook_3101344

Whipped up a deliciously different kind of cookie. You can swap out the whole wheat flour for all purpose flour if you'd like. These cookies come out very large and fluffy.

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Ingredients

55 mins

12 servings

cookie dough
1/2 cupbutter or margarine, softened
1 cupsugar
2 tbspmilk
1 tspLemon zest, fresh
1egg
1 tspvanilla extract
1 tspbaking powder
1 tspbaking soda
1 1/2 tspground cinnamon
1 1/4 tspground nutmeg
1/2 tspsalt
1 3/4 cupwhite whole wheat flour
icing
1/2 tspLemon zest
3 tbspfresh lemon juice
1 cuppowdered sugar
1yellow food dye, optional

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Steps

55 mins

1

Mix butter and sugar until fluffy.
2

Add milk, zest, egg and vanilla. Mix well.
3

Add remaining ingredients. Mix well.
4

Cover and chill for about 30 minutes.
5

Preheat oven to 375° F.
6

Grease cookie sheet.
7

Spoon 12 1" balls onto cookie sheet at least an inch or two apart.
8

Bake at 375°F for 10-12 minutes.
9

Remove from oven and let cool.
10

For icing, whisk all ingredients together. It comes out very sweet and sour so you may need to adjust to suit your own taste.
11

Use a tablespoon to pour icing on top of the cookies. Let dry before wrapping or packing.