Best Cookies: Pink Lemonade Cookies

 by: Donna Monday

Imagine pouring a glass of sweet, tangy lemonade into a cookie. The results are these delightful, lemony flavored cookies with their pretty pink coloring.

Pink Lemonade Cookies

• 1 cup sugar

• ¼ butter, softened

• 1 egg

• 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon peel

• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

• 1 to 2 drops red food color

• 1 cup all-purpose flour

• ½ teaspoon baking powder

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• Powdered sugar, if desired

Directions

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Combine ½ cup sugar, butter, egg, lemon peel, lemon juice and red food color in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour, baking powder and salt. Beat until well mixed. Cover; refrigerate until firm (1 hour).

Shape dough into ½-inch balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 2-inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten balls to ¼-inch thickness with bottom of buttered glass dipped in sugar. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.