Welcome to the cookie sensation that’s sweeping the nation, “Lemon Cookie Week.”  Today, we celebrate the sugar cookie with a delicious taste of lemon.

The Lemon Sugar Cookie joins this week’s featured lemon cookies…

Sunday – Ricotta Lemon Cookies

Monday – Lemon Cake Mix Cookies

Tuesday – Lemon Glazed Cookies

LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

“Got that itch for a sugar cookie?  Got that itch for lemon?  Well, here’s the answer.  Classic sugar cookie texture and lemony taste, all within one delicious cookie.  In my batch, some came out flat (good) and some came out puffy (better), but no worries, they were all tasty (best).”

1 cup Butter

1¾ cup Sugar

1 Egg

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

½ teaspoon Lemon Extract

4 Tablespoons Lemon Juice

Zest of one Lemon

3 cups Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

½ teaspoon Baking Powder

½ teaspoon Salt

Sugar for rolling

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter and 1¾ cups sugar.

Mix in egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest.

Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Roll tablespoon sized balls of dough in remaining sugar.

Place sugar coated balls of dough onto parchment paper lined baking sheets.

Bake for 12 minutes or until the bottoms of the cookies are light brown.

 

Makes about 54 cookies.

Revised Source:  “Lemon Sugar Cookies” on jensfavoritecookies.com