COOKIE of the WEEK 11.30.10

Lemon Glazed Christmas Wreath Cookies

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour

4 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1/4 cup milk

2/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs, room temperature

Lemon Icing

3 cups powdered sugar

4 tbsp Lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350º.

Sift flour into medium bowl, rub in butter. Combine milk & sugar in small saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved, add extract; cool 5 -10 mins.

Stir combined warm milk mixture and egg into flour mixture. Knead dough on floured surface until smooth.

Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into 5 inch rope. Twist two ropes together, form into circles; press edges together. Place about 1 inch apart on oven trays. Bake about 15 mins. Cool on wire racks. When the cookies are completely cooled drizzle the lemon icing on the cookies. (I dropped the cookie upside down into the icing and removed it by lifting it out with a knife in the middle of the wreath.)

Lemon Icing

Sift powdered sugar into a heat proof bowl; stir in enough juice to make a firm paste. Stir over small saucepan of simmering water until pourable.

     Courtousy of Barbara Bakes!