Lemon Sugar Cookies. Check Out Homemade Sugar Cookies On eBay. Fill Your Cart With Color Today! In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars and oil until blended. Combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; stir into butter mixture (dough will be stiff). Soft chewy lemon sugar cookies are always a hit!

A light lemon cookie that will be a crowd favorite. 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! You can have Lemon Sugar Cookies using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Sugar Cookies

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

Beat in egg, corn syrup, and lemon extract. Stir in flour, baking soda, and baking powder. These Lemon Sugar Cookies will make your taste buds dance literally all night long. I love a good lemon flavor.

Lemon Sugar Cookies step by step

Preheat oven to 350°F..
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Whisk together to combine..
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..
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..
Bake 9-11 minutes. Allow to cool before eating..
Store in an air tight container or freeze. (They never last long in my glass cookie jar lol!).

And honestly, I'm not picky about the type of food it's typically associated with! I think that lemon gives food a good acidity that really helps that overall flavor just POP. Sugar cookies are probably the most iconic cookie only behind chocolate chip. And just like chocolate chip, they have many different variations. Lemon sugar cookies are what most consider to be "old fashioned".