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Lemon Cookies
A melt in your mouth soft and cake-like, lemon infused cookie topped with a vibrantly lemony, sweet icing finish. A completely enjoyable cookie meant to be served year round!
👥 32 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 50 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 10 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- oven
- baking sheet
- pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
2
In a separate large mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer blend together granulated sugar, butter and lemon zest until combined then increase speed to high and whip for about ⏱️ 1 minute until it's slightly pale and fluffy.
3
Mix in egg and egg yolk, then blend in 1 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice and the vanilla extract (mixture may look a little separated because of the acidity that's okay). If desired add a little natural yellow food coloring if you want a more yellow cookie.
(283g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)2 cups(170g) unsalted butter, (at room temperature)12 Tbsplarge egg1large egg yolk1vanilla extract1 tsp
4
Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix on low speed until combined. Scrape down bowl and fold dough with a spatula a few times to ensure it's evenly combined. Spread dough out even.
5
Chill dough in fridge for 45 to ⏱️ 60 minutes until it's not so sticky to work with (chilling will also help the cookies spread less).
6
Preheat oven to 350 degrees during last ⏱️ 10 minutes of chilling cookies.
7
Line rimmed 18 by 13-inch baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop dough out about 1 1/2 Tbsp each (28g) and roll into a ball (they should be about the size of a golf ball). Transfer 12 cookie dough balls to prepared baking sheet, spaced evenly apart**. Keep remaining dough chilled.
8
Bake in preheated oven until slightly under-baked in center, about ⏱️ 9 minutes. Let cool on pan ⏱️ 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, repeat baking with remaining cookie dough.
9
Once cookies have cooled mix together powdered sugar with 2 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice. Glaze should have a medium, creamy thickness, drippy but not really runny. Either spoon glaze over cookies and spread into a circle, or pipe glaze from a small resealable bag with the corner cut.
10
Let glaze set before storing cookies.
Nutrition Facts
calories
123 kcal
fat Content
5 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
0.3 g
sugar Content
12 g
sodium Content
39 mg
protein Content
1 g
trans Fat Content
0.2 g
cholesterol Content
23 mg
carbohydrate Content
19 g
saturated Fat Content
3 g
unsaturated Fat Content
1.2 g
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