Lemon sugar cookie. 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!
I used a tsp. of fresh lemon juice, and a tbs. of lemon zest (omitting the lemon extract).
After trying these, I have also decided to skip the rolling in sugar step, and just dust the cooled cookies with powdered sugar.
You can have Lemon sugar cookie using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lemon sugar cookie
- It's 1 cup of cold butter cut into cubes.
- Prepare 2 cups of sugar.
- You need 2 of eggs.
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of lemon zest, may put more for flavor.
- It's 3 cups of flour.
- Prepare 1 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
- It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare as required of use yellow food coloring for colour(optional).
Add lemon sugar to a large bowl for rolling cookie dough in before baking. Place each ball of cookie dough into the bowl of lemon sugar and roll to coat well. HOW TO MAKE LEMON SUGAR COOKIES. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
Lemon sugar cookie instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees..
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest and stir to combine..
- Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix just until combined..
- Drop dough onto light-colored baking sheet..
- Bake for 9-11 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar or white sparkling sugar..
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. I am a huge fan of anything lemon, and I was thrilled with how these cookies turned out. They are the perfect cookie for anyone who loves lemon. This easy sugar cookie recipe is a lemon lover's dream.