Lemon Poppy Sugar Cookies Recipe
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5.0
72 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
27 mins
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Servings
18 cookies
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Calories
223 kcal
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
North American
Lemon Poppy Sugar Cookies Recipe
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Honor the brave soldiers who fought for us with these pretty (and tasty!) Lemon Poppy Sugar Cookies for Remembrance Day or Veteran's Day.
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Ingredients
- ½ ½ cup butter at room temperature
- ¾ ¾ cup icing sugar
- 1 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ 1 ½ tablespoons finely grated lemon zest
- 2 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 2 2 cups flour plus more for rolling the dough
- ½ ½ teaspoon salt
Decorating the Cookies
- 4 4 cups icing sugar
- 2 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Red and black food coloring
- poppy seeds for sprinkling
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Instructions
- Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest and juice until combined. Beat in flour, salt, and poppy seeds. Form dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to ¼-inch thickness. Cut out cookies using 2 or three different size cookie cutters. Transfer to a baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes
- Bake until the edges just start to brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely
Make frosting:
- Mix the icing sugar and lemon juice in a medium-sized bowl. Add more lemon juice if too thick or more icing sugar if too thin. Tint a large portion red, a small portion black, and leave the remaining white
Decorate:
- Trace an outline around the cookie with the red icing, following the poppy shape. Pipe a dot of icing into each of the petals and feather to cover each petal. Immediately make a circle with small dots in the middle with the white icing. Using a toothpick draw the white icing to the edges of the poppy. Once the icing is set, pipe a large white dot in the center of each cookie. Once the dot is set, pipe a black line around the dot and immediately sprinkle with poppy seeds. Allow the frosting to set completely before storing.
Notes
- Time does not include time to decorate these. This will take a while but would be fun if you can get some help from the kids in your life!
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1 cookie
Calories
223kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
43g
(14%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
14mg
(5%)
Sodium
111mg
(5%)
Potassium
24mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
31g
(62%)
Vitamin A
158IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
11mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 18cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 223 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 cookie | |
| Calories | 223kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 43g | 14% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 111mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 24mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 31g | 62% |
| Vitamin A | 158IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 11mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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5.0
72 reviews
Excellent
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