Get the Recipe: Lemon Cookies
These Soft and Chewy Lemon Cookies are bursting with lemon flavor. They use real lemon juice and fresh lemon zest. They are soft, chewy and can be ready in just 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 2 and ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 and ½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest (2 lemons)
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons), 2 lemons
- ½ cup powdered sugar to garnish
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In medium sized bowl, mix dry ingredients of flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, using a stand mixer or hand-held mixer, cream butter and sugar until combined.
- Add egg yolks, vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice.
- Add dry mixture until just combined. Be careful not to over mix.
- Using a small ice-cream or batter scooper about the size of a tablespoon, scoop dough into balls. Roll into granulated sugar. Place on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 14-17 minutes, or until tops of cookies start to crack.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before moving to wire cookie rack. Let cookies cool completely.
- Using a teaspoon, sprinkle powdered sugar over cooled cookies.
- Store cookies in an air-tight container for up to 7 days.
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