The Loveliest Lemon Sugar Cookies

I LOVE playing with fun flavors in the kitchen and when you’re looking for light, crisp, refreshing lemon sugar cookies, this is the recipe for you! The recipe is no-chill, no-spread, easy to roll-out and DELICIOUS whether you eat them naked (the cookies, not you 😉) or with royal icing. I adore LorAnn’s Lemon Emulsion which gives this recipe the perfect flavor.

Just for fun, I iced half of these lemon sugar cookies with vanilla royal icing, using THIS recipe. For the other half, I added LorAnn Marshmallow Super Strength Flavor for a yummy, Lemon-Marshmallow combination. They were delicious both ways, but the marshmallow flavor added a fun twist! I used the exact same royal icing recipe but added the marshmallow flavoring after the icing was whipped. When I use the super strength flavors, it’s best to flavor to taste. They are VERY strong, so you only need drops. For perspective, I used about 12 drops in about 2 cups of icing. For more on using emulsions and super strength flavors, read THIS post which will tell you everything you need to know.

I hope you enjoy the lemon sugar cookies as much as we do! Leave a comment below!

The Loveliest Lemon Sugar Cookies

I love this recipe for SO many reasons! It's no-chill, no-spread and has the most delicious, lovely lemon flavor. It tastes like spring and is so refreshing!

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 7 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24 depending on size

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup Unsalted Butter Chilled, Cubed
• 1 cup Granulated White Sugar
• 1.5 tsp Lemon Emulsion
• 1 Egg Chilled
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 3 cups All-Purpose Flour

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• I bake on my favorite perforated baking mats to eliminate any chance of spread, for even baking and pretty undersides of our cookies!
• In your mixer bowl (or large bowl with hand-mixer) cream butter and sugar until smooth, at least 1 minute
• Beat in lemon emulsion and egg
• In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, salt and flour. Add to wet ingredient mixing bowl a little at a time.
• Mix until thoroughly blended.
• Chilling the dough is not necessary! I have tried many different ways of rolling out dough and always come back to the old-fashioned way; a sheet of wax paper that’s been floured.
• I usually divide the dough into 3 chunks and roll out each onto a floured surface and cut. In my experience, this dough works best for cookies at 1/4″ thick. I use my Joseph Joseph rolling pin which does the measuring for me – genius!
• Bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes, depending on size of cookie. I also suggest baking similar-sized cookies together.
• Cool cookies on cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to cooling rack.

Notes

Cookie Consistency Notes:

The dough should be pulling away from the sides of the mixer. If dough is not pulling away on its own, add flour 1 Tablespoon at a time until it does. It should not take much.

If dough seems too crumbly or dry, it has not come together yet. Mix for another minute.

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