Recipe: Tasty Lemon Sugar Cookies

Lemon Sugar Cookies. I may be a chocoholic but these cookies got me from the first bite. It was from the first bite of cookie dough because after one taste, I was hooked! Reviews for: Photos of Lemon Sugar Tea Cookies.

For more delicious cookies, see our complete cookie recipe collection. If you love lemon desserts, I have the perfect cookie for you! I took my favorite sugar cookie recipe and adapted it to come up with today's recipe for Lemon Sugar Cookies. You can cook Lemon Sugar Cookies using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Sugar Cookies

1. Prepare 1 stick of butter, softened.
2. You need 1 1/4 cup of flour.
3. You need 1 cup of white sugar, separated.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
5. It's 2 tsp of vanilla.
6. Prepare 1 of egg yolk.
7. You need of Zest of 2 small/medium lemons.
8. It's 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
10. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.

These lemon sugar cookies are thick and chewy and easy to freeze. I wanted these lemon sugar cookies to be soft, but chewy - this is the ultimate cookie dichotomy! Things might get pretty simple sometimes but sometimes that's just what a person needs. I hope you like my recipe for.

Lemon Sugar Cookies step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°F..
2. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Whisk together to combine..
3. In a medium bowl, using a hand or standing mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar and 3/4c sugar until light and fluffy. (about 3-4 minutes or so). Add egg, lemon zest and vanilla and beat until combined..
4. Slowly pour in the dry ingredients and beat just until combined–do not over mix. Roll cookie dough into about 1 1/2 inch balls and roll into the remaining 1/4 cup sugar (add sugar into a small bowl first.) and place about 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking pan..
5. Bake 9-11 minutes. Allow to cool before eating..
6. Store in an air tight container or freeze. (They never last long in my glass cookie jar lol!).

These Lemon Sugar Cookies will make your taste buds dance literally all night long. I love a good lemon flavor. And honestly, I'm not picky about the type of food it's typically associated with! I do adore Lemon Sugar Cookies-they are soft, chewy, and rolled in sugar. Ring in spring with a batch of Lemon Sugar Cookies.

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