Lemon cookies. This is a fantastic lemon cookie recipe from scratch, making a batch of delicious, soft cookies with just a few lemons. This is a fantastic lemon cookie recipe from scratch, making a batch of delicious, soft cookies with just a few lemons. Try several of these delightfully tart treats, whatever the occasion. Take a bite out of our sweet-tart lemon cookie recipes. We have ideas for lemon crinkle cookies, healthy lemon cookies, Italian lemon cookies & more.

My husband did a cookie exchange at his workplace (guess who made the cookies). To make these lemon sugar cookies, you'll start out by whisking together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set the mixture aside and then mix up the wet ingredients. You can cook Lemon cookies using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lemon cookies

Prepare 1 cup of butter , softened.
Prepare 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
It's 1 of egg.
You need 1 teasespoon of lemon extract.
Prepare 1 teasespoon of lemon zest.
It's 1 teasespoon of vanilla extract.
You need 1/2 teasespoon of baking powder.
Prepare 1/2 teasespoon of salt.
You need 2 1/4 cups of flour.
Prepare of LEMON GLAZE.
It's 1 1/2 cups of sugar powered.
It's 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
It's 1 tablespoon of lemon zest.
You need 1 tablespoon of milk.
It's 1/4 teasespoon of vanilla extract.

If you like lemon, you're going to love these cookies. They're soft, chewy, and packed with bold lemon flavor. Partially because most lemon cookie recipes look lackluster in the lemon flavoring department, look too cakey for my liking, or look too flat and wimpy. These delicious cookies have a kick of lemon flavor, and they're made from scratch rather than a box mix like the majority of recipes out there.

Lemon cookies instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees..
In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar together..
Add egg and beat in well..
Add lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla extract and mix until well blended..
Add salt, baking powder and flour and mix until well incorporated..
Roll cookies into 1 inche balls and place dough balls about 2 inches apart from each other..
Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightly golden brown on the edges of cookie..
Combined glaze ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth glaze is formed drizzle as much as desired..

This recipe was created because I absolutely love lemon-flavored desserts, but have an allergy to artificial colorants and dyes used in food. I made these Lemon Cookies twice. Only made half of the icing and it was plenty for both batches, but I don't like things too sweet. I used Meyer lemons, as well as used a little less sugar. Lemon Crinkle Cookies are chewy, soft, and bursting with hints of lemon in every bite!