Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon poppy seed

Recipe

• 1 mix sugar, butter or margarine,lemon peel and eggs in large bowl.
• 2 stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. shape dough into a roll, 12" long.
• 3 roll in plastic wrap and roll into a cylinder 12" long,
• 4 refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.heat oven to 375*.
• 5 cut dough into 1/4" slices. place about 2" apart on ungreased sheet.
• 6 bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are light brown.
• 7 immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack to cool completely. spread cookies with poppy seed glaze.
• 8 poppy seed glaze.
• 9 mix all ingredients till smooth. add 1-2 tsps water, if necessary to make glaze spreadable.