Lemon Sugar Cookies
May 2, 2011 | Print | E-mail | Filed under cookie, lemon
I think one of the things I love most about spring aside from the warmer temperatures and longer days is spring cleaning. Airing out the house, donating or throwing out things we don’t need, scrubbing down the house so that it’s squeaky clean…it just makes me feel good and ready to say farewell to the old and welcome to the new. Sometimes it’s nice to stop and take a break though, which is where these delightful cookies come in. I got the recipe from Maria of Two Peas and Their Pod, and I think they are the perfect cookie for spring cleaning. Whether you’re doing all the cleaning yourself or have a crew helping out, serve these light and buttery cookies as a snack. I also love that they are easily frozen (once rolled into 1″ balls and rolled in sugar) and baked right out of the freezer if you don’t want to serve them all at once. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did, and happy cleaning!
Recipe adapted from here.
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Zest of 1 Meyer lemon
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp fresh Meyer lemon juice
- Granulated sugar, for rolling in
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add in the egg, lemon zest, vanilla extract, and lemon juice.
Gradually add in the dry ingredients until well-combined.
Roll dough into 1″ balls and then roll in granulated sugar. Place on the baking sheet about 1 1/2″ apart.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned around the edges. Let sit on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Tracy, I would like to stuff my face with these cookies.
May 2nd, 2011 at 1:21 pm
What a perfect cookie. I cannot wait to try these. They look fantastic.
May 2nd, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Oh, my husband would love these. Bookmarking for sure!
May 2nd, 2011 at 2:27 pm
OK those cookies look seriously perfect! How on earth did you get them so uniform! Mine are never perfect circles LOL OR the same size!
May 2nd, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Mmmm, these look delicious! So light and refreshing for spring.
May 2nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm
I love a good lemony cookie. Those crackled tops are so nice.
May 2nd, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I love these cookies! I might have to make them again seeing how good they look in your pictures.
May 2nd, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Mmmm these sound heavenly. I need more lemon in my life. Starting with these!
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:03 pm
I love Spring cleaning. It really is stress reducing.
Boy your sugar cookies sound so lemony and good!
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Now I want cookies
Gorgeous!
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:50 pm
You have made me a happy, happy girl! Thanks for sharing this one!
May 2nd, 2011 at 5:54 pm
I love that you can freeze these and bring them out when you need to. They look delicious and perfect for spring. I bookmarked another recipe from Maria the other day that had a lemon glaze – delish!
May 2nd, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Looks like perfections to me, so bright
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:08 pm
I need to do some spring cleaning myself, but I’d rather be making these cookies!
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Cookies, come to mama! These are perfect for spring.
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Mmmmmm. Our lemon tree is bursting and these would be a perfect recipe to try! I love to freeze cookie dough for later. Yay.
May 2nd, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Yay! Glad you liked the cookies!
May 3rd, 2011 at 10:13 am
My mouth is officially watering! Yum!
May 3rd, 2011 at 3:13 pm
These are so bright and pretty. I bet they taste great! And you are so right, the perfect spring cleaning cookie.
May 4th, 2011 at 10:39 am
These are indeed perfect for spring. I could snack on these all day.
May 4th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
I love the light spring flavor of these!
May 4th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
I’ve been on a bit of a spring cleaning kick lately, too. I think I just might need to make a batch of these to reward myself. They look amazing!
May 9th, 2011 at 9:05 am
I’m kind of obsessed with lemon anything lately. Maybe *these* are the cookie to send to my nephew for his birthday. They’re just beautiful.
May 14th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
I just love this recipe! In addition to making the peanut/and nut free I made them gluten-free so I could enjoy them too! I simply substituted King Arthur’s Gluten-Free Baking Flour and they came out simply delicious. This is THE most authentic tasting gluten-free sugar cookie I have found since being diagnosed with celiac disease.
Thank you for sharing your recipes!
May 17th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
When exactly do you add the egg though?
May 17th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Sheska – Oops, I left that part out! You add it in with the vanilla extract and lemon zest/juice. I’ve updated the recipe accordingly – thanks!
May 17th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Oh no
I’ve already made em.
May 27th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Just made these, and they’re like sugary sunshine. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
May 29th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
These cookies are incredible! I’ve made them twice in one week because everyone loved them so much! They are so soft and light from the lemon.
March 28th, 2012 at 6:26 am
I just baked them now and although they didn’t flatten (don’t know why
) oh wow they are so delicious!!! So light and just the right amount of sweetness!
July 30th, 2012 at 10:34 am
I am definately goig to try and make these as I have heaps of lemons in my fruit bowl. Thank you for sharing.
November 19th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
I can’t seem to find meyer lemons very easily, will regular lemons be as good in this recipe?
November 19th, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Phyllis – Yes, you can use regular lemons. Happy baking!