A New Cookie

{Updated}

In a lot of ways, this has been a season for old loves instead of new ones, and since I made these cookies again, and tucked these and these into the freezer, that's not such a bad thing.  But it was also nice to find time to try one new recipe.

Lemony Slice-and-Bakes {you can find the recipe here} are just what they sound like:  a simple, buttery dough, flavored with a lot {a lot} of fresh lemon zest, rolled into a log, chilled (or frozen), sliced and baked. Then the cookies are drizzled with a simple lemon juice-and-powdered-sugar glaze and sprinkled (if you want to) with decorating sugar.  The cookies themselves aren't very sweet -- they're almost a little sharp -- so the glaze gives them a good balance, and it's very pretty.

{This dough seemed a little softer than it should be for rolling into a log, so it helped to chill it before shaping the log, as well as after.}

It's good knowing that these cookies would seem right at other times of the year (with a cup of tea, especially), and I'm so happy that the recipe was from this month's issue of Bon Appetit, an old love which just doesn't draw me in the way it used to. It feels so good to have something new from its pages. {And -- updated -- these were a big hit with the cookie eating public.}

Thank you for visiting here this year. I appreciate it! -- and I hope your holiday, and your new year, is filled with sweet things.