Lemon Cooler Cookies

I found this recipe in our local Sunday paper insert USA Weekend. Serve with Wine-Marinated Strawberries.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup flour
• 3⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar, divided
• 1  teaspoon  finely grated lemon zest
• 1⁄2 cup  softened butter
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix flour, 1/4 C confectioner's sugar, and lemon zest in a medium bowl. Add the butter and vanilla; beat until ingredients form a dough.
3. Drop dough by generous teaspoons onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
4. Bake on middle rack of oven until bottoms of cookies are lightly brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely.
5. Place the remaining 1/2 C confectioner's sugar into a zippered plastic bag. Drop a dozen cookies at a time into the sugar and shake to coat.
6. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.