Pound Cake Cookies

Name: Pound Cake Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar; lemon zest; ⅔ cup unsalted butter; 2 large eggs; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 2 tablespoons milk; sparkling sugar for sprinkling

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Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Servings
24 cookies
Course
Baked Goods

Pound Cake Cookies

Iris Warren

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Pound cake cookies are everything you love about traditional pound cake, but in cookie form. These soft, delicate cookies are topped with a lemon glaze for a bright, delicious finish.

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Ingredients

Servings

For the Cookies:

1 cup granulated sugar
lemon zest from one whole lemon
⅔ cup unsalted butter softened
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder

For the Glaze:

1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar sifted
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons milk
sparkling sugar for sprinkling optional

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Instructions

For the Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In large bowl, stir together the sugar and lemon zest until the sugar becomes moist and fragrant.
Add butter to the sugar and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; about 3 minutes.
Add eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla and mix until combined.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
Using a medium cookie scoop, (1 1/2 tablespoons), scoop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets leaving 2 inches between each cookie dough ball.
Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are golden. Allow cookies to rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Once cookies have cooled completely, prepare the glaze.

For the Glaze:

In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners’ sugar, lemon juice and milk.
Spoon or pipe glaze over cookies. If desired, immediately sprinkle cookies with sparkling sugar. Allow glaze to harden before serving.