I've been a fan for cookies nowadays, it gives so much happiness to me even to my family. I made some different kind of flavors, experiment different kind of recipes, and this one is my most favorite one. The Lemon Vanilla Cookies!

The icing that is used for the base layer should be about the consistency of shampoo or honey. Too thick, and the icing will not smooth out into an even surface. Too thin, and the icing will fun off from the cookies.

Use toothpick to spread out the icing. When coloring the icing, use gel color icing. It doesn't thin out the icing any more than necessary like liquid food coloring can do, and it also has a higher concentration of color, so less is more.

Ingredients

1 cup softened salted butter

1¾ cup sugar

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 teaspoon lemon extract

1 lemon, zested

3.5-4 cups all-purpose flour

Icing

2 pounds powdered sugar

1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon meringue powder

1/2 cup water

1 tablespoon clear vanilla extract