Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Lemony Men


We sent a box of these lemony cookies off to Giles this week. To a regular sugar cookie recipe I added the zest of a lemon. After the cookies baked and cooled, I glazed each one with a tart glaze: juice of half a lemon mixed with enough powdered sugar to hold together (about 3/4 cup).

Heard him eating them on the phone; he was thrilled to eat frosting!

15 comments:

Nadine said...

MMM, sounds delicious, I am sure he enjoyed them!

mrs boo radley said...

Sweet. I'm sure Giles was so appreciative!

Connie said...

That is one of the best combinations! Makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

Bethany Hudson said...

Yummy! I love citrusy sugar cookies. My mother and I always add orange zest to our Christmas cookie cutouts.
~Bethany

Caroline said...

They are darling! I love anything tart...mmmm.

Deanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Blog said...

What a fantastic combination! I am going to try it soon!

Shelley in SC said...

Mmmmmm, yummmm! I do LOVE lemon!

Tracey said...

They sound great.. I love lemon, but can't make a cookie to save my life. I wish that was the one thing I could bake. Giles is one lucky young man.

Brenda@CoffeeTeaBooks said...

What a great idea!

I don't comment much but I love your recipes. Your Schoolhouse Coffeecake recipe is printed out and taped to the inside of a kitchen cabinet because I use it so much. :)

I'm making shortbread today and I have a couple Meyer lemons that need to be used soon. I'll try this with the shortbread.

Renee said...

It is so hard having a dairy allergy. I only have a slight allergy to milk...although I wish I could have ice cream:)

Renee

Leah said...

Oh Yum!! Just the thought of a lemon cookie makes my mouth water.

Anonymous said...

Those look delicious!

good_to_be_home said...

They look lemony! Yum! I made 2 loaves of white bread today, and 2 pans of Tasha Tudor's butterscotch rolls. Happy Baking!

Lisateresa said...

Did they arrive intact? If you have a secret for packing cookies, I'd be interested to hear it.

Sarah said...

Oh how good those look! I think my boys would love cookies like this as well!

I think I know what to do with those two lemons in the refrigerator now. . .

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