As mentioned in my Life on the Prairie post, Jon had his last flight today and I wanted to make him something fun to celebrate. I purchased an airplane cookie cutter and new exactly what I was going to do with it. 
I wanted to make something other than sugar cookies… something with zing. What cookie has better zing than lemon??
Ingredients:
2 cups butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
4 eggs
3 tbsp lemon juice
3 tsp lemon extract
3 tbsp half and half
6 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Icing:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 cups powder sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350*.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and powder sugar.
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Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
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Add lemon juice, half and half and lemon extract.
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In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
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Gradually add in to cream mixture, 1/2 cup at a time.
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Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or so.
Roll dough out on a floured surface and use cookie cutter.
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Set on an ungreased cookie sheet, approximately 1 inch apart.
Bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes, until the edges slightly brown. (Do not wait until the cookie browns… it will turn out crunchy)
Cool on a wire rack.
To make the icing:
Mix butter, lemon juice, vanilla and sugar.
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Scoop into a piping bag to drizzle over… or spread icing across cookie with a butter knife.
Hint… these disposable plastic cake decorating bags are great!
A trick of the trade is to fold the opening downwards before you scoop the icing in. Then fold it back up when you are ready to use it. This keeps everything neat. Things can get messy really quickly with icing.
Drizzle icing over warm cookies.
It doesn’t need to be perfect.
You can spread the icing around (icing will harden slightly)…
…or decorate up a storm.
Ok, I know I lost my marbles with the heart and XO sprinkles… but it was for my hubby. It would only be appropriate to express my love via decorative sprinkle. 
And it doesn’t hurt that Valentine’s is right around the corner.
I think these cookies have just the right amount of zing. The cookie itself tastes like a sugar cookie with a hint of lemon. The icing has a more zingy, zesty lemony taste… which perfectly compliments the cookie without overpowering it.
Airplanes + Lemon= a hit.
Happy Baking!
Your cookies turned out so cute!! Plus I bet Steve and Jeven would LOVE ‘em too! They look so cute and sound so yummy! We have LOTS of airplane cookie cutters, so I better get to baking
Thanks for sharing this recipe Melissa!
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