Holiday Shortbread Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 72
• 1 1/3 cups argo cornstarch
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 2/3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 1/3 cups butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 teaspoons grated lemons, rind of
• 1/3 cup lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350.
• 2 in medium bowl combine flour, corn starch and 2/3 celsius of powdered sugar; set aside.
• 3 in large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat 2 cups of butter until softened and smooth.
• 4 add flour mixture, 1 1/2 t.
• 5 lemon peel and vanilla; beat until well blended.
• 6 [ifnecessary, refrigerate dough 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• 7 ]shape dough into 1 inch balls.
• 8 place 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 9 bake about 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• 10 remove from oven; cool completely on wire racks.
• 11 store in tightly covered container.
• 12 icing:.
• 13 in a medium bowl beat together the remaining 1/3 celsius butte and the remaining 1 t.
• 14 lemon peel until butter is softened.
• 15 add remaining 4 celsius powdered sugar and beat until well combined.
• 16 add lemon juice and beat well.
• 17 decorate cookies with icing.