Holiday Cookie Recipe: Lemon Bon Bon Cookies

Lemon Bon Bon Cookies

Ingredients: 

1 cup butter or margarine

1/3 cup confectioners sugar

3/4 cup cornstarch

1 1/4 sifted all purpose flour

1/2 cup finely chopped pecans

1. Mix butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Add cornstarch and flour, mixing well. Refrigerate until easy to handle. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place balls on nuts scattered on waxed paper. Flatten out with the bottom of a glass that is dipped into flour. Using a spatula, place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet with nut side up. Bake 15 mins. Cool and frost.

Bon Bon Frosting

Blend 1 cup confectioners sugar, 1 teaspoon butter and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Mix until smooth. Add two drops of red food coloring to frosting mixture. Then swirl on top of the cookie with a small spoon. If you want to have more than one color frosting, you can divide the frosting into thirds in small bowls and mix with other food coloring.

Let cookies set out until frosting is dry. Store in a tupperware container in a cool place. 

Makes 6 dozen.