Lemon Sugar Cookies

These light little Lemon Sugar Cookies are the perfect sweet treat. 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!

I admit that it was really easy to eat a whole lot of them in one sitting.

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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!

Looking for more great cookie exchange ideas?

Check out these recipes for No bake peanut butter bars, Rum balls, peach cobbler 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

Debi

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.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 9 minutes mins

Total Time 39 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 70 cookies

Calories 53 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 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

Yield: about 6 dozen

Adapted from Taste of Home

Nutrition

Calories: 53kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 45mgPotassium: 7mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 44IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 1mg

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.

Keyword cookies, lemon, sugar

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