Lemon Cookies
Soft, bright cookies bursting with fresh lemon flavor from both juice and zest, lifted with baking powder - zest carries the aromatic lemon oils that juice alone can't deliver, and baking powder is what keeps the cookies soft instead of dense.
⏱ 30 min🍽 24 servings
dessertvegetarianbaking
Ingredients
- •2 1/2 cups flour
- •1 tsp baking powder
- •1/4 tsp salt
- •1 cup butter, softened
- •1 cup sugar
- •1 egg
- •1 tbsp lemon zest
- •3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- •1 cup powdered sugar for glaze
Steps
- 1.Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 2.Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- 3.Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the egg, lemon zest, and lemon juice - zest is what gives the cookies their bright lemon aroma, not juice alone.
- 4.Mix in the flour mixture until a soft dough forms.
- 5.Drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet, bake for 10-12 minutes, then drizzle with a glaze of powdered sugar and lemon juice.