Lemon-Butter Shortbread Cookies

I am not a very good cook but I followed the recipe exactly and they came out great. I have two questions… What size cookie cutter is intended for this because mine came out a little bit small. And the other question is about the glaze - mine wasn’t as pretty as the picture. Was I supposed to have sifted it first? Anyway this will be a recipe I try again and again until I get it right!??? My family Loved these!

Too good! I made just as the recipe called. Refreshing, would be perfect to take to a ladies luncheon but mine would never have made it out of the house!

These were fantastic. The glaze was so yummy!!!

DERRRRR-LICIOUS! I didn't change the recipe one bit. It is delightful!!!

Just terrible. The cookies taste way too salty and buttery. The texture is all wrong - my cookie loving children couldn't stomach one bit of these things.

Yummy.

Very Tasty, I will make again!

The are excellent, nice flavour, tender crumb, easy to work with dough. I made this using my kitchenaid and switched to a dough hook when adding the flour mixture. Thanks for the recipe!

The texture and taste of these is amazing!

Made exactly as is, very yummy! The cookies alone are not bland, but not very lemony. So the glaze is a must for the lemon flavor.

I doubled the recipe and doubled the amount of lemon juice. I shaped the dough into a tube shape then wrapped the dough in plastic wrap. I sliced and baked as needed the following days.
Very tasty -
Similar to Trader Joe’s lime cookies.

These are fabulous!!! A huge hit with the family!

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I followed this recipe precisely and these cookies came out PERFECTLY. I took them to a gathering and not one cookie was left over. Everyone raved about them. They took a little more time than I am used to devoting to cookies, but it was worth it. Five star recipe for sure.

Was awesome

They were great, the balance between sweet and sour were perfect.

Amazing! These are dangerous. I just made them and ate three. I cut the recipe in half to save time (and butter), but accidentally used the full cup of sugar in the dough. I think that made them better. Based on reviews saying the cookie was bland w/o the glaze, I went ahead and used the full amounts for salt, baking soda and lemon, too. Made glaze as normal, but left out lemon zest. They were phenomenal! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

Followed recipe exactly, I found them bland before the glaze was put on, wasn’t at all impressed

Love this recipe! Definitely use unsalted butter, I made it both ways with salted butter and with unsalted. Both are good, but I prefer with unsalted butter. Love the flavor. I’m going to try to make these with the lemon zest in the cookie itself as well as in the icing. Trying to stay away from sugar as much as possible. My cook time was about 11 minutes sometimes 12, so probably just my oven. I make these for the cookie corner for my church and everybody loves them. Thank you for the recipe. This photo was taken before they are iced. Also I hate to roll out cookies, so I scooped with a medium cookie scoop and pressed down With damp fingers and then with a damp saucer. This is dough is very user-friendly.

Oh my word these are good. Wouldn't change a thing. Will absalutly be making these again and again.

Dough was all but unworkable following the recipe, had to add more flour and refrigerate it to roll it out. Wasn't well thought out.

These are melt in your mouth wonderful. A few things I did, use room temp butter (important), a hand mixer to cream butter and remaining ingredients per recipe. I did sift all the dry and added some zest to the dough. Instead of rolling and cutting, I put the dough clear wrap in a log shape. Chilled the dough and sliced it. I only used half of the glaze, it was so good.