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["Combine flour and salt in a bowl.", "Beat butter and sugar in a mixer bowl until light and fluffy.", "Beat in egg, lemon peel and vanilla.", "Beat in dry ingredients until combined.", "Remove from bowl onto a large sheet of plastic wrap.", "Shape into an even square or ball.", "Wrap tightly with plastic wrap.", "Refrigerate overnight.", "Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.", "Grease about 5 cookie sheets.", "With a serrated knife, divide dough into quarters.", "Wrap 3 of the quarters of dough in plastic wrap and place back in the refrigerator.", "Roll the quarter that is not wrapped between 2 sheets of wax paper -- or, flour both your surface and top of dough.", "Using a rolling pin, gently roll out cookie dough until even to about 1/8"" thick.", "With floured cookie cutter(s), cut dough into desired shapes.", "Place shapes onto the greased cookie sheets.", "If using colored sugars, decorate with the sugars at this point.", "Bake 8 - 9 minutes or until edges are golden.", "Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.", "Repeat the process with remaining dough.", "NOTE: I've always tripled and quadrupled this recipe.", "NOTE: If using decorative icing, decorate with the following decorative icing recipe once cookies have cooled.", "Different colored icing can be achieved by adding food coloring.", "Decorative Icing:.", "Beat all ingredients in a large mixer bowl until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes.", "Store in tightly covered container up to 4 days.", "Makes about 3/4 cup.", "NOTE: I've never decorated these with the decorative icing due to time constraints (but have always wanted to).", "Therefore, I can't confirm if the decorative icing is the perfect amount to ice the specific amount of cookies produced from this recipe."]
