Lemon Sugar Cookies
Lemon Sugar Cookies are a soft and chewy sugar cookie filled with lemon flavor. If you love all things lemon you will love these sugar cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- juice of ½ a lemon
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ cup white sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside while making the dough.
- In a small bowl sift together flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl add sugar and lemon zest. Mix on medium speed for 30 seconds.
- Add butter, mix until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Mix in eggs, 1 at a time, and then the lemon juice.
- Reduce speed, gradually add flour mixture, and mix until just combine.
- Cool cookie dough in the refrigerator for at least an hour. This helps so the cookies don't go completely flat during baking.
- Using a cookie scoop; scoop dough 2 inches apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Flatten cookies slightly with a spatula.
- Sprinkle sanding sugar, then lightly brush with a wet pastry brush, sprinkle with more sanding sugar.
- Bake cookies until golden brown, between 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet for 3 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack; let cool completely.
- Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 4 days or you can freeze the cookies in freezer bags for up to 3 months.