Glazed Lemon Cookies

I found this cookie recipe (and the picture) on the Martha Stewart website, http://www.marthastewart.com/. I'm a big fan of lemon bars so I figured these would be delicious... and I was right. They are especially good with a cup of coffee by the way. Anyway the recipe has two parts. First the cookie, then the glaze.

Cookie Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon lemon zest

2 tablespoons lemon juice (Martha says fresh squeezed... I say store bought)

1/2 cup butter room temperature (Martha says unsalted, but I used salted)

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla (Martha and Jennica say pure vanilla extract... I say imitation)

Glaze Ingredients:

2 cups powdered sugar

2 tablespoons lemon zest

1/3 cup lemon juice

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sugar, butter, egg, vanilla, and lemon juice together in mixer. Beat in flour, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest. Place 1 inch apart on baking sheet. I chose to use parchment paper to line my baking sheet, but Martha doesn't mention anything about parchment paper so I'm sure you are fine either way. Bake 15-20 minutes.

While cookies are in the oven, whisk the glaze ingredients together in a medium bowl. After the cookies have cooled for a few minutes spread the glaze over them and let set for about an hour.

Side note: If you don't have a zester to zest a lemon, I'm sure they will be just as amazing. I actually didn't use the full amount recommended because I only had one lemon and it was too small (oops). It was my first lemon zesting experience so I underestimated what I needed!