Disclaimer – this is my first recipe on my blog! Don’t worry, I am starting off with a good one. Lemon sugar cookies are simple and refreshing. In the dead of winter here in Wisconsin, they have me dreaming of summer. Go for it, and make yourself a batch of my quick and easy lemon sugar cookies!
Table of contents
Ingredients for Simple Lemon Sugar Cookies
- All-Purpose Flour: Flour is the base of any great sugar cookie.
- Baking Soda: Baking soda is a leavening agent in this recipe to help the cookie rise.
- Baking Powder: Baking powder is another leavening agent in this recipe providing rise to the cookie.
- Butter: Butter is essential to any good sugar cookie. Salted butter in my opinion is the only way to go.
- White Sugar: Sugar provides all the sweetness to this cookie. The lemon sugar cookies are also coated in sugar to deliver that sweetness to your taste buds right away!
- Eggs: The eggs in this recipe are going to help hold the cookie together while baking.
- Vanilla Extract: Even though this is a lemon sugar cookie, vanilla extract is still essential to the flavor. Here is my favorite vanilla extract.
- Lemon Zest: This recipe is packed with lemon flavor and a lot of that is thanks to the lemon zest. This recipe does not shy away from lemon zest! Be sure to use fresh lemon zest.
- Lemon Juice: In addition to lemon zest, the lemon juice in this recipe helps to provide even more of a lemony fresh kick. Bottled lemon juice can be used, but I highly recommend sticking to freshly squeezed lemon juice.
How to Make Simple Lemon Sugar Cookies
- Preheat oven to 375℉. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until smooth. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
- Roll rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. If desired, roll dough balls into 1/2 cup white sugar. Place onto ungreased cookie sheets. Press dough balls down slightly with the bottom of a glass.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on a cookie sheet for two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
How to Store
After the cookies have cooled, store in an airtight container for up to one week.
Tips
- Want more lemon flavor? Try adding more zest to amp up the lemon flavor even more! You can also try adding lemon zest to the sugar that the cookies are rolled into.
- Save for later? These cookies will store well on the counter in an air-tight container for a week. They will also store frozen (after baked) for three months.
Recipe
Simple Lemon Sugar Cookies
Chewy sugar cookies with a refreshing lemon flavor.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 ½ cups white sugar + ½ cup white sugar (for rolling)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon lemon zest from 1 large lemon
- 2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until smooth. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
- Roll rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. If desired, roll dough balls into 1/2 cup white sugar. Place onto ungreased cookie sheets. Press dough balls down slightly with the bottom of a glass.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on a cookie sheet for two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
Notes
- Want more lemon flavor? Try adding more zest to amp up the lemon flavor even more! You can also try adding lemon zest to the sugar that the cookies are rolled into.
- Save for later? These cookies will store well on the counter in an air-tight container for a week. They will also store frozen (after baked) for three months.
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