Looking at these dainty little lemon drop cookies makes me envision them being served at tea time. Of course, I don’t actually have a tea time and mostly just drink iced tea rather than hot tea, but work with me here.

If you enjoy a lemon cookie which dissolves into your mouth, has a light texture and smaller size (so you can eat more!) then these are for you! They also work great for dunking into your coffee or tea.

Aren’t they pretty?

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

1 cup powdered sugar, divided

2 teaspoons lemon juice

Grated peel of 1 lemon (about 1 1/2 teaspoons)

Directions

Stir together flour and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and 3/4 cup powdered sugar with mixer at medium speed until flufy. Beat in lemon juice and lemon peel until blended.

Add the flour and salt mixture in 1/2 cup intervals but beating just until blended.

Bake for 20-25 minutes in a 300 degree oven or until cookies are lightly browned on the bottom. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

Sprinkle with remaining powdered sugar to get this beautifully elegant look!

These cookies have a light flavor and melt a bit in your mouth.

The size is perfect for letting me indulge in more than one cookie at a time with little guilt!

This recipe is from the KitchenAid Recipe Collection ^[1] which has a retail price of $29.99 but is currently available at a discount on Amazon with free super saver shipping.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this cookbook as a gift from KitchenAid but my thoughts and opinions remain 100% my own. Yours may differ.