Lemon Glazed Sugar Cookies

This is simple yet flavorful cookies - it's sweet and tangy and chewy and crisp!  What more could you want from a cookie?

<Ingredients>

• All purpose flour, 2 1/2 cups
• Baking powder, 2 tsp
• Kosher salt, 1 tsp
• Unsalt butter, 1 cup, room temperature
• White sugar, 1 1/2 cups
• Lemon Zest from one lemon
• Large eggs, 2
• Vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp
• White sugar, 2 TBS
• Confectioners sugar, 1/2 cup
• Fresh lemon juice, 2 TBS

<Instructions>

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Add flour, baking powder and salt to a bowl and mix well.
3. In another mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs to wet mixture, one at a time and beat until well incorporated before adding the next one.  Followed by vanilla extra and lemon zest.
5. Gradually add flour to the wet mixture while the mixer is running at low speed. Scrap down the sides of mixing bowl as necessary and mix flour until well incorporated.
6. Shape cookie dough into 1-inch balls.  Roll balls in the remaining 2 TBS sugar and place on baking sheet with room between dough balls for expansion.
7. Bake cookies for 10 mins or until lightly browned.  Cool cookies on the sheet for 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cook completely.
8. While cookies are cooling, make lemon glaze by whisking together confectioners sugar and lemon juice in a bowl until smooth.
9. When cookies are cooled to room temperature, drizzle lemon glaze over cookies and wait a few minutes until glaze is set.