Lemon Cookie Recipe
With over 1.5 million views and counting, this lemon sugar cookies recipe is one of the most popular cookie recipes on my website, and for good reason! These soft lemon sugar cookies can be made with one bowl, are thick, chewy and easy to freeze.
Ingredients
- 1 cupunsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 ½ cupsgranulated sugar
- 3 tbsplemon zest
- 2 tbspfresh lemon juice
- 1 largeegg
- 3 cupsall-purpose flour
- 1 tspbaking soda
- ¼ tspsalt
- ¼ cupsugar (for rolling cookies)
Directions
- 1
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar, and lemon zest with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes.
- 2
Add in the lemon juice and egg, beat again to combine.
- 3
Gradually add in the flour, baking soda and salt, mixing by hand with a spatula until combined.
- 4
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
- 5
Remove the dough from the fridge. Pre-heat the oven to 350ºF. Place 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl for rolling the cookies.
- 6
Use a cookie scoop to form balls, rolling each ball into the sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on a silicone lined baking sheet. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the edges have a faint golden color.
- 7
Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.