Kae's Melting Moments - Cookies

2 Cups flour

2 Teaspoons baking powder

½ Teaspoon salt

½ Cup powdered sugar

1 Cup sweet butter

1 Teaspoon vanilla

Optionally, 1 teaspoon almond extract or almond oil

Lemon Icing

Powdered sugar

Lemon juice

Pinch of salt

Yellow food coloring added until icing is lemon colored

Finely minced lemon zest

 

Cream sugar and butter, then sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix with butter mixture until well mixed. Refrigerate until easy to handle (2 hours is plenty).  Pre-heat oven to  350 F.

Form small rounds of dough and flatten with a fork coated with flour on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 F for 10~12 minutes.

When cool, ice with lemon icing that is made to taste.