Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Lemon Spice Cookies

Lemon Spice Cookies.

You can have Lemon Spice Cookies using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Spice Cookies

1. You need of cookie dough.
2. It's 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, softened.
3. It's 1 cup of sugar.
4. You need 2 tbsp of milk.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of Lemon zest, fresh.
6. It's 1 of egg.
7. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
9. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
10. You need 1 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
11. You need 1 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.
12. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
13. It's 1 3/4 cup of white whole wheat flour.
14. Prepare of icing.
15. It's 1/2 tsp of Lemon zest.
16. You need 3 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
17. Prepare 1 cup of powdered sugar.
18. You need 1 of yellow food dye, optional.

Lemon Spice Cookies step by step

1. Mix butter and sugar until fluffy..
2. Add milk, zest, egg and vanilla. Mix well..
3. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well..
4. Cover and chill for about 30 minutes..
5. Preheat oven to 375° F..
6. Grease cookie sheet..
7. Spoon 12 1" balls onto cookie sheet at least an inch or two apart..
8. Bake at 375°F for 10-12 minutes..
9. Remove from oven and let cool..
10. For icing, whisk all ingredients together. It comes out very sweet and sour so you may need to adjust to suit your own taste..
11. Use a tablespoon to pour icing on top of the cookies. Let dry before wrapping or packing..