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Pound Cake Cookies
4.8 from 15 votes

Pound Cake Cookies

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.

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

Ingredients

For the Cookies:
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • lemon from one whole lemon, zest
  • ⅔ cup butter softened, unsalted
  • 2 egg large
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
For the Glaze:
  • 1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar sifted
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice fresh
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • Sparkling Sugar optional, for sprinkling

Instructions

For the Cookies:
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  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In large bowl, stir together the sugar and lemon zest until the sugar becomes moist and fragrant.
  3. Add butter to the sugar and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; about 3 minutes.
  4. Add eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla and mix until combined.
  5. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
  6. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
  7. Using a medium cookie scoop, (1 1/2 tablespoons), scoop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets leaving 2 inches between each cookie dough ball.
  8. 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.
  9. Once cookies have cooled completely, prepare the glaze.
For the Glaze:
  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners’ sugar, lemon juice and milk.
  2. Spoon or pipe glaze over cookies. If desired, immediately sprinkle cookies with sparkling sugar.  Allow glaze to harden before serving.

Notes

  • Store leftover cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
  • Source: Adapted from allrecipes.com