These light little Lemon Sugar Cookies are the perfect sweet treat. I admit that it was really easy to eat a whole lot of them in one sitting. Light lemon flavor, nice sugar cookie. A great little cookie.
Recipes like my Coconut Thumbprint Cookies with Lemon Curd and Lime Meltaways are great for when you want a family-pleasing cookie with minimal effort. I love baking cookies, and this is one of my Cookie Recipes you’ll want in your recipe box!
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Lemon Dessert
I have my friend Robin to thank for sharing the original recipe with me. I decided to switch it up a little by adding lemon juice and zest to it.
Now, if you want to bump up the lemon flavor even more, add 1 teaspoon of lemon extract to them.
I do love lemon extract in my lemony desserts. So much so that I was out of it when I went to bake these cookies!
Recipe tips
When pressing on the cookies with the glass dipped in sugar, if you notice the glass sticking to the dough, simply lightly tap the bottom of the glass on the dough before dipping it in sugar.
The butter in the cookie dough will grease the bottom of the glass so the sugar will stick to it, and let the cookie release for the glass.
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Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe
Lemon Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup butter-flavored shortening
- 1 cup sugar plus additional sugar for garnishing
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, milk, lemon zest, lemon juice, and extract. In a separate, medium bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed butter mixture.
- Shape into 1-inch balls or drop by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets lined with silicone mats or parchment paper. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar.
- Bake at 400° F for 9-11 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
These are the best cookies for enjoying with a nice cup of tea. I can’t wait to make them for myself.
What a great looking pan and I adore you lemon cookies!!
I am obsessed with lemon desserts. And you might be right, I will eat a whole lot of these in one sitting. Pinning for later!
I’m more of a traditional sugar cookie kinda girl but I know a few people in this house that would love a lemon flavored sugar cookie. My mom always said all sugar cookies use to taste like lemon when she was younger.
I am 80 percent healthy and 20 percent cookies! These look soooo good!
Yay! Another recipe to help use up the lemons on my tree. I love lemon cookies but I’m ot sure I’ve ever made them.
This looks like a good recipe. I adore any baking with lemon flavour!
Yum this would have been perfect after dinner tonight with a nice cup of teat! Will have to bookmark it and make it later
Although I am a huge chocoholic, I think your lovely sugar cookies are the perfect comfort food!
I love all citrus fruit desserts, lemon cookies must be yummy too! 🙂