Lemon Spritz Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup of butter, softened
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon of grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 1/2 cups of All Purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt

Frosting:
1/4 cup of powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon of grated lemon peel
2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

Instructions:
1. Combine sugar, brown sugar, butter, egg, lemon peel, lemon juice, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
2. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
3. Add flour, baking soda, and salt.
4. Beat on low speed.
5. Chill for an hour.
6. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
7. In a small bowl combine ingredients for frosting until smooth

For this recipe I followed the instructions exactly. However, when it came to the frosting it got a little messy. I used the creaming method when making these spritz cookies. Now these were spritz cookies because I used a spritz gun.

The appearance of the cookies were lightly browned. The taste of the cookies were sweet with a little bit of sourness to it due to the lemon. The texture of the cookies were crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. The aroma of the cookies were very sweet.

I would make these cookies again. They were very delicious in my opinion and tasted a little bit like the lemon cookies that the Girl Scouts hand out. From this experience though I learned how to improvise because the spritz maker wasn't working for us, so I had to make the cookie size on my own.