Lemon Cookie Recipe
These are the most delicious, soft, and flavorful lemon sugar cookies you could hope to bake!
Ingredients
- 2¾ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, (softened)
- 2 ounces cream cheese, (softened)
- 1½ cups sugar, (divided into 1¼ cups and ¼ cup)
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 egg
Directions
- 1
Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
- 2
In a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, and 1¼ cups sugar until smooth and creamy, 1 to 2 minutes.
- 3
Mix in vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
- 4
Beat in the egg.
- 5
Slowly add flour mixture, mixing in a little at a time, until just combined.
- 6
Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- 7
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 8
Scoop sugar cookie dough into balls and roll in sugar until coated all over.
- 9
Bake cookies for 10 minutes, until the edges just start to brown.
- 10
Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and move to a wire rack to finish cooling.