Christmas Stars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice
• yellow food coloring
• colored sugar sprinkle

Recipe

• 1 in medium bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in egg, corn syrup, lemon extract and lemon rind until well-blended.
• 3 reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour and salt.
• 4 gather dough into 2 balls and flatten each into a disk and wrap in plastic.
• 5 refrigerate at least one hour or overnight.
• 6 soften dough a bit at room temperature before rolling out.
• 7 heat oven to 325 and lightly grease two baking sheets.
• 8 roll out dough between two sheets of waxed paper to 1/4" thickness.
• 9 cut out cookies with a 2 1/2" satar cookie cutter.
• 10 bake 12 - 15 minutes (until lightly browned).
• 11 cool cookies on baking sheets for 5 minutes and then transfer to wire racks.
• 12 for glaze: whisk together confectioner's sugar and lemon juice.
• 13 divide the glaze into two bowls and tint one with yellow food coloring.
• 14 one cookie at a time, spread either the or the yellow glaze onto the cookie.
• 15 using a toothpick, drag the alternate color of glaze through the wet cookie to make wispy designs.
• 16 dip edges of cookie into sugar crystals.