Ingredients

For the Dough:
3 cups All-purpose flour + more for dusting
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Butter or 2 sticks, cold and cut into chunks
1 Egg large
¾ teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
1 Lemon zested and juiced
1 teaspoon kosher salt

For the glaze:
1.5 cups Confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoon Milk or half-and-half
1.5 tablespoon Lemon juice
Red and green gel food coloring

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F or 175 degrees C.

In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream sugar and butter at medium speed. Mix the flour and baking powder in a mixing bowl, set aside.

To the butter and sugar mixture, add the egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest and juice and mix in on low speed.

Gradually add the flour mixture and beat on low speed until just combined, scraping down the bowl.

Transfer the dough out on a floured kitchen counter, the dough will be crumbly, so knead it together with your hands just a little bit.

Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to about ¼″ to ⅜″ thick, and cut into desired shapes (stars in this case). If you do not have a shaped cookie cutter, you could also use a glass jar or cup to cut a circular shape.

Place on parchment or silicone mat lined baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let sit a few minutes on the cookie sheet, and then transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely.

While the cookies are cooling, make the glaze.

In a medium bowl, whisk all glaze ingredients except the food coloring until smooth. Take another bowl and divide the glaze into two parts.

Drip a few drops of gel food coloring on top of glaze in each bowl, then swirl with the tip of a paring knife for a marbled effect.

Dip the cooled cookies into the glaze, letting any excess drip off, then place on a wire rack to set for 15 minutes before serving or packing.