Description
Finished with colorful sprinkles, these cookies are a cheerful treat perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 10 tbsp Earth Balance Buttery Sticks (butter works great, too!)
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 Meyer lemon, zested
For the glaze:
- 2 fresh Meyer lemons, juiced
- 2 fresh Meyer lemon, zested
- 1 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
For the cookies:
- In stand mixer with the paddle attachment, I bet the Earth Balance and Vanilla together.
- Add the confectioner’s sugar and beat on medium until combined.
- Turn mixer to low and slowly pour in the AP flour, just until combined.
- Shape dough into a long rectangle, being sure to remove any creases in the dough.
- Tightly wrap dough in plastic wrap, and allow to chill for at least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees.
- Slice shortbread log into 1/2″ thick slices, and space out on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Use a toothpick to make desired indents or design on the top of the cookies. Bake for 10 minutes until the sides JUST begin to brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before decorating.
For the glaze:
- Zest Meyer lemons completely.
- Cut lemons in half, and juice them into a medium mixing bowl, being sure to remove seeds.
- Sift powdered sugar into the mixing bowl, then whisk together to create glaze.
- Sprinkle zest onto glaze, and mix using a small spoon.
- Spoon glaze onto cookies, drizzling the glaze from corner to corner then down one half of the cookie, leaving the other half bare.
- While the glaze is still wet, add sprinkles to decorate!