Easy Lemon Cookie Recipe!
Easy Lemon Cookie Recipe! The BEST light and soft lemon cookies for spring & summer! Perfect dessert or treat for holidays, birthday parties, or Easter!
If you are looking for a soft and light cookie recipe for Summer, this Easy Lemon Cookie Recipe is a HUGE favorite! Consider trying these for summer parties, holidays, or Easter! Plus, here are even more Dessert Recipes!
My husband LOVED these and has been begging me to make more! They have a light lemon flavor that it isn’t too much much or overpowering. Just a simple, soft & chewy cookie that everyone will enjoy!
I don’t know about you, but I am a chocolate chip cookie kind of girl. They are easy to make and a classic dessert recipe. However, these are climbing the ladder of being a close second! I just can’t get over how light they are and SO SOFT! Mmmm!
Easy Lemon Cookies
Here’s What You Need:
Cookie Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Cold Butter
1 Cup Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest
1 1/2 Cup Flour
2/3 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/8 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
Icing Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla
Water (add enough for a thin icing consistency)
Directions:
Cream Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, then slowly add eggs and lemon juice and zest.
Combine Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt in a bowl.
Slowly add into Butter Mixture and mix well.
Roll dough into balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees
Drizzle with Vanilla Icing Mixture.
This recipe will make about 18 cookies, you can always double the recipe for a crowd!
- Cookie Ingredients:
- ½ Cup Cold Butter
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 Egg
- 1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest
- 1½ Cup Flour
- ⅔ Teaspoon Baking Powder
- ⅛ Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- Icing Ingredients:
- ½ Cup Powdered Sugar
- ¼ Teaspoon Vanilla
- Water (add enough for a thin icing consistency)
- Cream Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, then slowly add eggs and lemon juice and zest.
- Combine Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt in a bowl.
- Slowly add into Butter Mixture and mix well.
- Roll dough into balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees
- Drizzle with Vanilla Icing Mixture.
- This recipe will make about 18 cookies, you can always double the recipe for a crowd!
I hope you enjoy these cookies as much as we do! They have become a new staple in our house and I’m excited to share them with friends and family this summer!
My next task is to try making these with Lemon Vitality Essential Oil from Young Living! If you know me, you know I love oils! I think this would be a super easy recipe to add a drop or 2 of oil if you don’t have fresh lemon on hand!
Also, be sure to check out these Summer Drink Recipes for easy & family-friendly punch and smoothie recipes!
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