Best Cookies: Pink Lemonade Cookies

By Donna Monday


Imagine pouring a glass of       egg, lemon peel, lemon juice  
sweet, tangy lemonade into a     and red food color in large   
cookie. The results are these    bowl. Beat at medium speed,   
delightful, lemony flavored      scraping bowl often, until    
cookies with their pretty pink   creamy. Reduce speed to low;  
coloring.                        add flour, baking powder and  
                                 salt. Beat until well mixed.  
Pink Lemonade Cookies            Cover; refrigerate until firm
                                 1 hour.                       
1 cup sugar                                                    
butter, softened                Shape dough into -inch        
1 egg                            balls; roll in remaining      
2 teaspoons freshly grated       sugar. Place 2-inches apart   
lemon peel                       onto ungreased cookie sheets.
1 teaspoon lemon juice           Flatten balls to -inch        
1 to 2 drops red food color      thickness with bottom of      
1 cup all-purpose flour          buttered glass dipped in      
teaspoon baking powder          sugar. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes
teaspoon salt                   or until edges are lightly    
Powdered sugar, if desired       browned. Sprinkle with        
                                 powdered sugar, if desired.   
Directions                                                     
                                                               
Heat oven to 400 degrees.                                      
                                                               
Combine cup sugar, butter,      
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