Lemon Sugar Cookies

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4.5

6 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    40 mins

  • Cook Time

    40 mins

  • Total Time

    55 mins

  • Servings

    36

  • Calories

    216 kcal

Lemon Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients

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Lemon Sugar Cookie Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups butter softened
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Zest of one whole lemon
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Sugar Cookie Icing Ingredients

  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
  • assorted icing coloring
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Instructions

  1. Cream the butter and sugar together well, then add in your eggs. Beat until fully incorporated, then add in the vanilla.
  2. Zest an entire lemon into the dough, then mix in.
  3. In another bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients.
  4. Mix together in a bowl. The key here is to not use a mixer as it will make the dough fluffy. Work those arm muscles and incorporate all of the flour into the dough.
  5.  Form into a ball and place in a plastic sealed bag. Refrigerate for an hour.
  6. A handy tip for cutting out sugar cookies is to roll the dough onto your parchment paper about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick, cut out your shapes, then remove the excess dough, leaving the shapes untouched and unmoved on the parchment, then just lift and place onto a baking sheet. Easy!
  7. Bake in a 350 degree oven until the edges just barely start to get brown, about 6-8 minutes.
  8. Remove and cool completely on the sheets.
  9. For the icing, whisk together all of the ingredients.
  10. In order to get thinner icing I added a little more milk until I could dip my cookies into the icing, and let them drip off, getting this beautiful glazed coating below. Do NOT put in more corn syrup, it will never harden and set properly. So add milk very little by little until you get the consistency you need.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 216kcal (11%) Carbohydrates 33g (11%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Cholesterol 34mg (11%) Sodium 138mg (6%) Potassium 48mg (1%) Sugar 20g (40%) Vitamin A 255IU (5%) Calcium 17mg (2%) Iron 0.9mg (5%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 36Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 216 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 216kcal 11%
Carbohydrates 33g 11%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 34mg 11%
Sodium 138mg 6%
Potassium 48mg 1%
Sugar 20g 40%
Vitamin A 255IU 5%
Calcium 17mg 2%
Iron 0.9mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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