Simple Citrus Cookies With A Butter Touch – Beautiful and Tasty!

These cookies are almost too pretty to eat…almost. All I can say is that my kids and husband devoured these yummy cookies like savages. There wasn’t one crumb left after I set the platter out! Seriously? And I thought they were strictly chocolate lovers. Welp, I guess I better make a double batch the next time!

Tossing in oranges with the limes makes for a fabulous flavor combination.

 

Ingredients

2 cups (4 Sticks) Land O Lakes Salted Butter, Softened

1-1/2 cup Domino Sugar

2 whole Large Eggland’s Best Eggs, Separated

4 cups Gold Medal All-purpose Flour

3 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And Lime Zest (approx 1 Tablespoon Each)

2 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And/or Lime Juice (2 Tablespoons Total)

Icing

3 cups Powdered Sugar

2 Tablespoons Whole Milk

2 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And Lime Zest

Juice Of 1/2 Lime

Juice Of 1/2 Lemon

Dash Of Morton Salt

Extra Zest, For Decorating

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar until combined. Add egg yolks and mix until combined (set whites aside for the icing.) Add the zest and the flour and mix until just combined, then add juice and mix until combined.

Scoop out heaping teaspoons of dough, then roll them into balls between your hands. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 13 minutes. Remove from the oven and keep on the cookie sheet for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the pan with a spatula and allow to cool completely before icing.

To make the icing, combine 1 egg white with the rest of the icing ingredients. Whisk thoroughly until combined, adding either more powdered sugar or more juice until it reaches a pourable but still thick consistency.

Drizzle the icing across the cookies in several lines, then do it again in the other direction. Sprinkle with extra zest before the icing sets.

 

 

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Quick Tip: This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.