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Summary
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? That's entirely up to you. Have little ones help decorate a few dozen of our lemon shortbread cookies with sanding sugar, sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, and candy. Then share them with your peeps at Easter dinner -- or any gathering you want to sweeten with these sure signs of spring.
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 to 2 drops yellow gel food coloring
- Yellow fine sanding sugar, jumbo candy sequins, orange and yellow sprinkles, candy hearts, and mini chocolate-chips, for decorating
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 3
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 1415 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 63 g 96.69%
- Saturated Fat: 39 g 192.65%
- Trans Fat: 2 g %
- Cholesterol: 162 mg 54.16%
- Sodium: 503 mg 20.96%
- Calcium: 33 mg 3.26%
- Potassium: 124 mg 3.55%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 4 mg 22.89%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 207 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 9.69%
- Sugar: 139 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 2 g
- Vitamin A 37.8%
- Vitamin C 7.6%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat12
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs9
- Exchange - Starch4
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total5 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq