Lemon Cookies with Lovely Lemon Glaze
Total Time
31 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
11 minutes
Rating
4.91 out of 5 stars
(44)
Ingredients
12 servings
- Dry ingredients:
- 1 ¼ cup (150g) all purpose flour*
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Optional: 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Wet ingredients
- 6 tablespoons (85g) butter, softened at room temperature (do NOT use melted butter)**
- ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
- Zest from 1 large lemon (about 2-3 teaspoons)
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 ½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- For rolling cookies:
- ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar, for rolling cookies
- For the lemon glaze:
- ½ cup (57g) powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, poppy seeds (optional) and salt.
Step 3
In the bowl of an electric mixer, add in softened butter, sugar and lemon zest; beat on high for 2 minutes. Next add in egg and almond extract. Beat for 1 minute until well combined. (It’s SUPER important the egg is at room temperature. To achieve this, just run it under warm water for 1 minute).
Step 4
Slowly add in the dry ingredients and fresh lemon juice and mix on medium low speed until well combined.
Step 5
Use a medium cookie scoop to grab the dough, then use your hands to roll dough into a circle. Roll in sugar, then place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat, leaving at least 2 inches between each dough ball.
Step 6
Bake for 11-14 minute or until edges are barely golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Step 7
Once cookies are completely cooled, you can glaze them. Make the glaze by adding powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice and almond extract in a medium bowl. Stir to combine. You may need to add in more lemon juice if the glaze is too thick (start with a teaspoon at a time). Glaze should be somewhat thick.
Step 8
Spoon about ½ tablespoon of glaze to each cookie and use a spoon to spread around. Enjoy! Makes 12 cookies.
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