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Heart Cookies Decorated with

Royal Icing

Prep: 1 hr Cook: 10 mins Additional: 2 hrs 15 mins Total: 3 hrs 25
mins

Servings: 24

Yield: 24 cookies

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 ¼ cups white sugar

1 tablespoon lemon zest
2 large eggs eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
Royal Icing:
2 large egg whites egg whites

3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice, or as needed
red food coloring

Directions

Step 1

Cream 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter in a large bowl with an
electric mixer. Add white sugar and lemon zest and mix well. Mix in
eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Mix in 1/2 of the
flour until combined. Mix in remaining flour until dough comes

together.

Step 2

Shape dough with your hands into a thick rectangle. Press flat and
wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours.