Holiday Cookies

I made some great Tollhouse Cookies this week! I ate some great holiday/Christmas cookies this week, too! They had chocolate chips and red and green spots to represent Christmas... how cool!

Lemon Sugar Cookies!!

Lemon Sugar Cookies!

Aren't you in the mood for some delicious Lemon Sugar Cookies? I hope you are because this is the perfect recipe for them. Well here is the recipe. I hope you like it! 

LEMON SUGAR COOKIES
Read more about it at www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1710,129188-241195,00.html Content Copyright © 2012 Cooks.com - All rights reserved. 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk) 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 5 cups all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt

 You can also make Lemon icing to top off the cookies! Here is how to make your own icing. 

Lemon Icing:

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon lemon juice

 

 Sound yummy right?!

Well here is how you make them!

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, EAGLE BRAND®, lemon juice, lemon rind and vanilla; mix until smooth. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture; mix well. Divide dough into 3 balls. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 4 hours. Preheat oven to 350°F.

On lightly floured surface, roll each ball out to 1/4-inch thickness and cut into desired shapes. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Garnish with Lemon Drizzle (optional). Store leftovers covered at room temperature. Lemon Icing: Combine confectioners' sugar, water and lemon juice; mix well. Drizzle over cooled cookies.

You can also visit the website http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1710,129188-241195,00.html and that is where I found all of this information. Here is also a video of someone making these cookies.