Lemon Sugar Cookies
Donatella’s lemon sugar cookies recipe are soft and bursting with lemon flavor! The perfect cookie to bake anytime of the year.
20 min
PREP TIME
15 min
TOTAL TIME
Easy
COOKING SKILL
8-10
SERVING SIZE
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ vanilla extract
- ¼ cup lemon juice, plus 2 tbsp more
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 3 cups confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place butter & sugar in a large bowl. Beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
- Add vanilla & 2 tbsp lemon juice.
- Combine flour & baking soda in a bowl & mix together. Gradually add flour to wet ingredients.
- Pour dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead dough for 4 minutes. Take a tbsp. of dough, roll into a cylinder shape (about 5”), then form a ring. Place on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes to rest.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Take out of the oven & let cookies cool.
- Meanwhile, put confectioner’s sugar in a bowl & stir in enough of the remaining lemon juice to make a thin glaze. Dip each cookie into the glaze & allow time for the frosting to set.
