Recipe: Appetizing Lemon Sugar Cookies

Lemon Sugar Cookies.

You can have Lemon Sugar Cookies using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Sugar Cookies

1. You need 1 stick of butter, softened.
2. Prepare 1 1/4 cup of flour.
3. It's 1 cup of white sugar, separated.
4. You need 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
5. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla.
6. It's 1 of egg yolk.
7. It's of Zest of 2 small/medium lemons.
8. You need 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
10. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.

Lemon Sugar Cookies instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F..
2. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Whisk together to combine..
3. In a medium bowl, using a hand or standing mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar and 3/4c sugar until light and fluffy. (about 3-4 minutes or so). Add egg, lemon zest and vanilla and beat until combined..
4. Slowly pour in the dry ingredients and beat just until combined–do not over mix. Roll cookie dough into about 1 1/2 inch balls and roll into the remaining 1/4 cup sugar (add sugar into a small bowl first.) and place about 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking pan..
5. Bake 9-11 minutes. Allow to cool before eating..
6. Store in an air tight container or freeze. (They never last long in my glass cookie jar lol!).