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Best Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe
This is seriously the Best Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe ever! Featuring a soft lemon sugar cookie and creamy lemon cream cheese frosting, these are a citrusy treat with bold lemon flavor and a perfeclty chewy texture!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
32 mins
Servings: 16 cookies
Calories: 182 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
For the Lemon Cookies
- 3/4 cup sugar
- zest of 2 lemons
- 8 oz butter at room temperature
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
For the Lemon Cream Cheese Icing
- 4 oz butter at room temperature
- 1 oz cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 320F and line 2 extra large baking sheets with parchment.
- Mix together the sugar and lemon zest, rubbing the zest into the sugar with your fingertips to release the lemon oils.
- Beat the butter into the lemon sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg.
- Slowly stir in the flour, baking soda and salt until you have a soft cookie dough.
- Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and space them 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Bake until the edges are slightly golden, about 12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the icing. Beat together the butter and cream cheese until smooth, followed by the powdered sugar and lemon juice.
- With the back of a dessert spoon, swirl the icing on top of each cookie. Allow the icing to set slightly before serving.
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Notes
- These cookies will last up to 3 days in a sealed container at room temperature. The dough also freezes well.
- These cookies will last up to 3 days in a sealed container at room temperature. The dough also freezes well.
Nutrition Information
Calories
182kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
39g
(13%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.4g
Trans Fat
0.001g
Cholesterol
14mg
(5%)
Sodium
85mg
(4%)
Potassium
55mg
(2%)
Fiber
0.5g
(2%)
Sugar
25g
(50%)
Vitamin A
74IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
0.5mg
(1%)
Calcium
31mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 182
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 182kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 39g | 13% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Trans Fat | 0.001g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 85mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 55mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.5g | 2% |
| Sugar | 25g | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 74IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 0.5mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 31mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.