Gluten free lemon glazed cookies!

Wow!!! These cookies are absolutely amazing! I got the recipe from a friend and then realized later that I had the recipe all along in my 1000 gluten free recipe book!

Gluten Free Lemon-Glazed Lemon Cookies

Flour Blend                                           Helpful Gadgets

2 cups of all purpose                                pastry brush

gluten free flour                                1 1/2 inch cookie scoop

 1 tsp. xanthan gum                             

½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

Place ingredients into a heavy duty Ziploc bag. Close the bag and shake to mix thoroughly. Set aside.

Mix

½ c. (1 stick) butter

1 c. sugar

1 Tbsp. packed brown sugar

1 large egg

2 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract

2 Tbsp. fresh lemon zest (use ½ of a large lemon or 1 small lemon)

Gradually add flour blend until all ingredients are well mixed. *Tip: Use wet hands to get excess cookie dough off of mixing whisk. Place dough (in the mixing bowl, covered) in the freezer for a few minutes while you prepare the glaze and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. This allows the dough to become easier to work with and prevents spreading.

Glaze

Juice the lemon (1/2 of a large one or 1 small one)

Add powdered sugar to the lemon juice until it has a glaze consistency. About 1 cup.

Set aside.

Cookies

I HIGHLY suggest using a 1 ½ inch cookie scoop for these cookies, as the dough is VERY sticky!!! Drop cookies onto a greased/sprayed cookie sheet. Spray the bottom of a cup with baking spray then use to press cookies down a little bit. Bake cookies at 375 degrees F for about 12 minutes.

After the cookies are done baking place them on a cooling rack until cool then uses a pastry brush to brush glaze over cookies. Cool.

Eat these cookies within 48 hours or freeze. They freeze great for up to a month. Place in a Ziploc bag and freeze. When you want a tasty treat pull a cookie out of the freezer, stick it on a paper towel, wait a half an hour and then enjoy! Makes about 22 cookies.