Lemon Sugar Cookies

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These Lemon Sugar Cookies are buttery and soft, with the perfect hint of lemon. The lemon frosting makes them over the top delicious. A perfect cookie recipe for lemon lovers!

We love sugar cookies, and especially love this lemon version. If you love sugar cookies as much as we do, you’ll also love our sugar cookie bars and sugar cookie fruit pizza!

Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies

If you love lemon desserts, I have the perfect cookie for you! I took my favorite sugar cookie recipe and adapted it to come up with today’s recipe for Lemon Sugar Cookies.

I am a huge fan of anything lemon, and I was thrilled with how these cookies turned out. They are the perfect cookie for anyone who loves lemon. With such a soft cookie and a delicious lemon frosting on top, it was hard not to love them.

One thing I love about these cookies is that you don’t have to roll them out with a rolling pin. Nope, no hassle at all. Just roll them into balls and place them on greased or silicone lined cookie sheets.

How to make Lemon Sugar Cookies

With no rolling, these cookies are so simple!! Here is what you need to do to make them:

WET INGREDIENTS. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs, lemon juice, and lemon zest till well combined.

DRY INGREDIENTS. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.

NO ROLLING OUT. Roll dough into tablespoon sized balls and place on lightly greased cookie sheets. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar.

BAKE. Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes, or till barely light brown on the bottom. Let sit 3-4 minutes on pan, then remove to cooling racks.

Cool cookies completely before frosting.

Recipe Tips

Lemon Flavor To adjust the lemon flavor just decrease or increase the lemon zest.

My cookie came out too thin: If your cookie is thinner that you would like you can do a couple of things:

• Add a bit more flour to the dough
• Chill the dough

Don’t overcook: be sure to remove the cookies before they begin to brown. They may even seem to be a little undercooked, but they will finish cooking as they cool on the hot pan.

Lemon Buttercream Frosting + more additions

After they are baked and cooled you top them with a delicious lemon buttercream frosting.

I used a star tip to pipe my frosting on, and they turned out so pretty, don’t you think? But of course you can just spread the frosting on with a knife, they will still taste incredible!

To make it, just beat together butter, powdered sugar, salt, lemon zest, and lemon juice till creamy, adding milk if needed. If you are piping the frosting, it needs to be thick. If you are just spreading it on, you can add more liquid.

Beautiful and Delicious additions: These cookies are simply yummy, but if you want to change them up I have a few ideas:

• Add poppy seeds to the dough
• Top the frosting with fresh raspberries
• Drizzle white chocolate onto the cookie then top with frosting
• Sprinkle sliced macadamia or almonds on top

How to Store + Tips

Place your sugar cookies in an air-tight container and STORE them on the counter for up to 4 days. They can be placed in the fridge to extend that storing time for an extra day or two.

If you’re planning on FREEZING your cookies, try to freeze them before you add the frosting. They’ll hold up better unfrosted. Either way, stack them in an airtight container separated by sheets of wax paper. They should stay good for up to 3 months.

Let defrost before adding frosting and serving.

These sugar cookies aren’t only gorgeous, but they’re delicious. I promise all lemon lovers will be obsessed!! ;D

We hope you agree!! Let us know what you think of them.

For more lemon recipes, check out:

• Lemon Cookies
• Lemon Cheesecake
• Lemon Sheet Cake
• Lemon Bars
• Lemon Brownies
• Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe

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4.82 from 16 votes

These Lemon Sugar Cookies are buttery and soft, with the perfect hint of lemon. The lemon frosting makes them over the top delicious. A perfect cookie recipe for lemon lovers!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 30 cookies

Calories 198 kcal

Author on lilluna.com

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Lemon Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 dash salt
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest
• 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1-2 Tbsp milk, if needed

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs, lemon juice, and lemon zest till well combined.

2. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.
   

3. Roll dough into tablespoon sized balls and place on lightly greased cookie sheets. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar.

4. Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes, or till barely light brown on the bottom. Let sit 3-4 minutes on pan, then remove to cooling racks.

5. Cool cookies completely, then frost. I piped frosting on with a 1M star tip. 

Lemon Frosting

1. Beat together butter, powdered sugar, salt, lemon zest, and lemon juice till creamy, adding milk if needed. If you are piping the frosting, it needs to be thick. If you are just spreading it on, you can add more liquid.

Nutrition Facts

Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 198 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Fat 8g12%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 31mg10%

Sodium 112mg5%

Potassium 33mg1%

Carbohydrates 30g10%

Sugar 22g24%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 250IU5%

Vitamin C 1mg1%

Calcium 13mg1%

Iron 0.6mg3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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