Last year I
tried this recipe for the first time and really liked it. Lemon is one of my
favorite flavors so of course what could be better than lemon sugar cookies?! I
never got around to sharing this recipe on the blog for some reason, and in
early November I found myself in need of a tasty but different cookie
recipe…and that’s when I stumbled across this one in my recipe folder. I made
them up again, took some fun pics and am now sharing it with you all here.
Enjoy!
This recipe
makes about 3 ½ dozen or 40 cookies.
Ingredients
1 cup (2
sticks) butter, softened
½ cup
powdered sugar
½ cup white
sugar
2 teaspoons
vanilla
2
Tablespoons lemon juice
2
Tablespoons lemon zest
1 egg
2 teaspoons
baking powder
3 cups white
flour
Directions
1. Preheat
the oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a
good size bowl mix together the softened butter, powdered sugar, white sugar,
vanilla, lemon juice & zest. Stir in egg.
3. Add
in baking powder and flour. Stir until well blended.
4. Use a
spoon to scoop out dough. Roll into balls and place on a greased cookie sheet.
Use a flat bottomed cup dusted with flour to flatten each ball out into a
cookie.
5. Bake
for 10-12 minutes and remove from oven.
6. While
the cookies are baking mix together the ingredients for the Lemon Butter Cream
Icing (listed below).
7. Once
the cookies are finished baking set them on a cooling rack. You don't want the cookies to be completely cooled before you ice them. It's easier to ice them (and the icing will go further) if you ice them while they are still warm.
Icing Directions
1. In a small bowl melt the butter in the microwave. Stir in the lemon juice, vanilla, and food coloring.
2. Spoon the powdered sugar into the liquid mix.
3. Stir the icing until it thickens. Mash out any lumps of sugar with the spoon against the edge of the bowl. You want the icing to be as smooth as possible.
4. Spread a thin layer on slightly warm cookies for best results.
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Oh Yummm!! I am going to try these!! Thanks for sharing!!
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