Lemon Cookies
These lemon cookies are unbelievably soft and chewy. They are slightly crispy at the edges and filled with zesty lemon in every bite.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Lemon zest
- 1.5 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1 cup All purpose flour + 2 tbsp
- 1/2 cup Granulated sugar + 1.5 tbsp for rolling
- 1/2 cup Unsalted butter soften at room temperature
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 4 minutes with your hand mixer until light and fluffy. Add some lemon zest and juice. Scrape sides and mix it again.
- Mix in some flour, salt, and baking soda slowly until combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again. I like to use my hands to combine and make the dough.
- Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and chill the dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350℉/180℃ and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Pour granulated sugar in a plate. Roll a heaping tbsp of dough into a ball and roll in the sugar. Place on the baking tray. Repeat until all dough has been rolled and coated in the sugar. Make sure to keep some space between them.
- Transfer the cookies to the oven and bake for 10 minutes or until the sides begin to brown. Remove them from the oven and let them sit on a baking tray for 2 minutes. Transfer them to a cooling rack and enjoy once they cool down.
Notes
- Cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes or until light and fluffy. This helps to break down the sugar and gives some good structure to the cookies.
- Zest the yellow skin of the lemon and leave the bitter part to make the cookies taste the best.
- Zest the lemon before juicing it.
- Use fresh lemon juice which is a star ingredient in this recipe. It tastes more amazing than a store bought juice.
- Chill the cookie dough for at least 1 hour before baking. You can chill it overnight as well. Cookies made from a chilled dough are more flavorful and chewy cookies.
- Lining a parchment paper helps cookies to bake more evenly and prevents them from cracking and breaking when lifting them off the sheet.
- You can bake cookies not more than 12 minutes for the best results.