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Lemon Sugar Cookies
The best Lemon Cookies! You get a soft, cake like, lofthouse style sugar cookie that's flavored with bright lemon and finished with a sweet creamy frosting. Everyone will love these fun summery cookies!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 50 min⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- whisk
- oven
- baking sheet
- mixing bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a bowl combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt and whisk for ⏱️ 30 seconds, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, whip together butter, shortening, sugar and lemon zest on medium speed until very pale and fluffy, about ⏱️ 4 minutes, occasionally scrapping down the sides of the bowl.
cornstarch2 tsp
2
Add in egg and mix until combine, then add egg white, lemon extract and vanilla extract and mix until combined. With mixer running, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
large egg1large egg white1lemon extract1 tsptsp lemon extract1/2vanilla extract1 tsp
3
Transfer dough to an airtight container and refrigerate ⏱️ 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375ºF during the last ⏱️ 10 minutes of refrigeration.
4
Scoop dough out an even 1/4 cup at a time and roll into a ball. Place dough ball on a lightly floured surface, sprinkle top lightly with flour, then using something flat and smooth (such as the storage container lid), press and evenly flatten dough to 1/2" thick (so you should have about a 2 2/3" - 2 3/4 " circular cookie).
5
Transfer flattened dough to a Silpat lined cookie sheet (fitting 6 cookies per cookie sheet) and repeat process with remaining dough.
6
Bake in preheated oven ⏱️ 9 - 11 minutes. Allow to cool ⏱️ 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Cool completely then frost.
7
For the Lemon Frosting: Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, whip until frosting is smooth and fluffy. Mix in food coloring if desired or sprinkle cookies with yellow sprinkles.
Nutrition Facts
calories
417 kcal
fat Content
18 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
41 g
sodium Content
221 mg
protein Content
4 g
cholesterol Content
48 mg
carbohydrate Content
62 g
saturated Fat Content
9 g
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