Today we got rain again so I used the day to make a gift for Casey’s cousin who is having a baby girl next month. I found this fun quote and painted Winnie the Pooh with Christopher Robin. It was my first piece for a baby’s nursery and I really enjoyed painting it! I think I will have to do more nursery art 🙂
Ingredients:
½ cups butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 whole egg
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
¼ teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoons baking powder
⅛ teaspoons baking soda
1-½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and juice. Scrape sides and mix again. Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Makes 2-3 dozen.
*If using a non-stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.
These cookies are fresh and sweet with just the right amount of chewiness. They definitely did not last long!
