Soft lemon cookies bursting with lemon flavor, these lemon sugar cookies topped with sweet glaze are the perfect treat!
Ingredients
For The Cookie Dough
1cupbutterunsalted
1cupwhite sugar
¼cuppowdered sugar
1largeegg
2tablespoonslemon juice (see notes)
1tablespoonlemon zest
3cupsflour
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspooncream of tartar
½teaspoonsalt
For The Lemon Glaze
4cupspowdered sugar
2teaspoonslemon zest
1tablespoonlemon juice
5tablespoonsmilk
Instructions
For The Cookies
Place softened butter, white sugar and powdered sugar in a large bowl. With an electric mixer cream together the butter and sugar.
Add one egg, lemon juice and lemon zest to the butter and sugar mixture. Mix together the wet ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth.
In a second large bowl add flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Mix until blended well.
Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients. With an electric mixer blend them together until a dough forms. Place the cookie dough in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Portion the cookie dough with a medium cookie scoop onto the prepared pan. Leave 2-3 inches between each cookie, about 8 cookies per pan.
Bake the cookies for 11-12 minutes until they just start to brown on the bottom. Remove the cookies from the oven and place on a wire cookie rack to cool completely, about 5-10 minutes.
For The Lemon Glaze
Once the cookies are cool to the touch, place a piece of parchment paper under each wire cookie rack.
In a medium-sized bowl add powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice. Mix well, and then add the milk. Keep mixing until a glaze forms and all the sugar dissolves. You can taste the glaze and add a little more lemon zest if you really love lemon and it's not enough lemon flavor to your taste.
Dip the top of each cookie into the glaze, then place back on the wire rack to dry.
Allow the cookies glaze to harden completely, then enjoy!
Notes
One medium sized lemon typically has 2-3 tablespoons of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of zest. To make one batch of these cookies with the glaze 2 lemons should provide enough juice and zest. These cookies should be a softer cookie, be careful not to overbake!Cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week.Parchment paper is my favorite to use for baking cookies, and works great with these cookies. You can also use a silicone baking mat. Aluminum foil sprayed with cooking oil can work but will make the cookies slighty less soft.