Honey Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Honey lemon shortbread cookies are perfect for a girly event like a baby shower but even the most manly-man will devour these cookies.

I am so excited to be teaming up with a whole bunch of food bloggers to throw a surprise virtual baby shower for Liz of The Lemon Bowl. Liz is a good blogging friend who helped with the planning of Taste of MI.

Liz is also one of the most positive, encouraging people I know (it’s almost annoying sometimes…kidding, Liz!). She also isn’t afraid to give you a reality check/wake up call when you need one. And I think that’s what true friends do.

Today we’re celebrating! Liz is having her second baby boy! I cannot wait to meet this little guy and see if he is as cute as his big brother (no doubt in my mind, he will be!). Liz is a great mom and she is going to have so much fun watching her two boys play together and grow close.

Having two kids is the most amazing thing ever, Liz. It’s so special to watch your kids develop such unconditional love and affection for each other. And now I’m going to cry.

Love you, Liz. Congrats!!!

For Liz’s shower, we asked everyone to make a recipe that included lemon as a recipe. It was an easy theme to come up with!

I made honey lemon shortbread cookies for the shower. You’ll enjoy the rich buttery goodness of these indulgent cookies. Honey and lemon are a match made in heaven! The sugar on top gives the cookies such great texture and crunch. Plus, they are slice and bake cookies which are so convenient. Simply freeze the dough until you’re ready to bake them. 

Shortbread cookies are so good!

I love that you can freeze the dough and slice off what you need when you’re ready to bake them! Try:

 

• Mexican Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
• Gingerbread Shortbread Cookies with Cranberries
• Honey, Lemon, Apricot, and Pine Nut Shortbread Cookies
• Peppermint Shortbread Cookies
• Apple Cheesecake Shortbread Cookies
• Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies with Cream Cheese (slice and bake)

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Recipe

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4.58 from 7 votes

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 12 mins

Freezing Time: 8 hrs

Total Time: 8 hrs 22 mins

60 servings

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Honey lemon shortbread cookies are dainty but even the manly man in your life will love the light but powerful flavors.

Ingredients

• ▢ 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, room temperature (3 sticks)
• ▢ ¾ cup packed brown sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• ▢ ¼ cup honey

Icing:

• ▢ 2 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice, more as needed
• ▢ 2 teaspoons honey

Instructions

• In a medium sized bowl, combine flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter and sugar for 3 minutes, or until light in color and fluffy. Add honey and lemon zest; beat until just combined. Scrape sides of bowl as necessary.
• Add flour mixture gradually and continue to mix until just combined.
• Divide dough in half. Shape dough into logs (about 2 inches in diameter). Roll up in parchment or wax paper and freeze dough overnight.
• To Bake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Take dough out of the freezer and slice into ¼ -inch slices (see note). Place on parchment or Silpat-lined baking sheets.
• Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes or until just golden brown. Let cool 5 minutes on baking sheets before removing to a cooling rack.
• When cookies are completely cool, prepare icing. Mix powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Add honey; stir well. Thin with additional lemon juice, if necessary.
• Place baking sheet or parchment paper beneath cooling rack to catch drips. With a spoon, lightly drizzle icing on cookies. Let icing harden completely before storing cookies in an airtight container.

Notes

• Makes about 5 dozen. Bake as many cookies at a time as you wish. The dough keeps well in the freezer until you're ready to use it. 
• If you'd rather not ice the cookies, they are great without icing or you can brush the unbaked cookies with additional honey, and sprinkle them with granulated sugar, turbinado sugar, or colored sugar; bake as directed.
• Recipe card updated after retesting 12/8/2022. 

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 100kcal, Carbohydrates: 14g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 12mg, Sodium: 23mg, Potassium: 15mg, Fiber: 0.2g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 142IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 6mg, Iron: 0.4mg

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

© Author: Rachel Gurk

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