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Soft and Chewy Lemon Cookies are a crowd favorite cookie that you can make anytime of the year. These lemon sugar cookies are thick and chewy and easy to freeze. Easy to make in one bowl with fresh lemon and everyday ingredients.

Lemon Sugar Cookies

unsalted

sugar

lemon

lemon juice

all purpose flour (375 grams)

tsp baking soda

tsp salt

sugar,

In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar, and lemon zest with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes.

Add in the lemon juice and egg, beat again to combine.

Gradually add in the flour, baking soda and salt, mixing by hand with a spatula until combined.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.

Remove the dough from the fridge. Pre-heat the oven to 350ºF. Place 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl for rolling the cookies.

Use a cookie scoop to form balls, rolling each ball into the sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on a silicone lined baking sheet. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the edges have a faint golden color.

Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.

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Soft and Chewy Lemon Cookies are a crowd favorite that you can make anytime of the year. These lemon sugar cookies are thick and chewy and easy to freeze. Easy to make in one bowl with fresh lemon and everyday ingredients!

Lemon Cookies

With the perfect combination of sweet and tart, these Lemon Drop Cookies are a real crowd pleaser. Great for potlucks, parties, and holiday cookie swaps!

Lemon Drop Cookies

all purpose flour

baking powder

salt

lemon zest

shortening

water

lemon juice (one lemon)

lemon zest (one lemon)

Preheat your oven to 400 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt then set aside.

Blend the lemon zest with the sugar, rubbing it together with your fingers.TIP - Rubbing the lemon zest into the sugar before combining it with the other ingredients helps release the lemon oils while enhancing the flavor.

With a mixer, cream the shortening then gradually add the lemon-sugar.

Add egg, lemon juice, and water; beat until combined.

Add dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. The dough will be looser and stickier than a traditional cookie dough.

Drop by level tablespoons (a cookie scoop is perfect!) onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Allow to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Combine all three ingredients in a small bowl and stir until smooth.

Use a 1/2-teaspoon measuring spoon to add glaze to the center of each cookie. Use the back of the spoon to gently spread the glaze. Let glaze harden for a couple hours before storing or stacking the cookies.

How to Make the Glaze

I'm gonna try this for Thanksgiving ,they look amazing, they favor tea cakes , but that icing will bump up the lemon as one of the viewers revealed 😋

This lemon drop cookies recipe looks mouthwatering! Thank you for sharing.

I made these up the other day, the recipe is very easy to follow and I made them up exactly as it read. The cookies took 8 min in my oven to cook perfectly.  The lemon gaze really bumped up the lemon flavour. They stacked well in a container once the icing had hardened . They are a great cake like cookie that go great with a hot or cold tea served with a lemon wedge or a nice tall cold glass of lemonade . Adding this recipe to my favourite binder.

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