Lemon Sugar Cookies
Lemon Sugar Cookies
Celebrate National Sugar Cookie Day with these light and summery lemon sugar cookies. Thank you to Modern Honey blog for the recipe!
- Yield: 20 cookies
- Prep time: 10 min
- Cook time: 10 min
- Total time: 20 min
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter, cold, cut into cubes
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 large Braswell Family Farms eggs
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1½ Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest (may put more lemon zest for extra flavor)
- 3 cups Flour
- 1¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- *may put in a drop of yellow food coloring for color
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest and stir to combine.
- Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix just until combined.
- Drop dough onto light colored baking sheet.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar or white sparkling sugar.