# Super Soft Lemon Meltaways

This recipe shows how to make super soft lemon meltaways, delicious lemon-flavored cookies with a creamy icing.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Total time: 123 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 lemons
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 sticks butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp milk

## Instructions

1. Grate the lemon zest.
2. Cut the lemons in half and juice them.
3. Cream together the butter and powdered sugar.
4. Add the lemon zest and lemon juice to the mixture and mix again.
5. In another bowl, mix together the flour and salt.
6. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until a dough forms.
7. Form the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill.
8. Roll out the dough and use a cookie cutter to cut out circles.
9. Bake the cookies (time and temperature not specified).
10. Make the icing by combining powdered sugar, lemon juice and milk.
11. Once cooled, frost the cookies with the icing and sprinkle extra lemon zest on top.

## Equipment

- grater
- knife
- hand juicer
- hand mixer
- glass bowl
- spatula
- plastic wrap
- rolling pin
- cookie cutter
- baking sheet
- piping bag

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@youthsweets/video/7124771952996355374
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bb4891f5-7205-45c9-90f8-25dd0611be22
- Extracted: 2025-01-19

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