Recipes

Soft lemon sugar cookies

Hey guys it's Anne! i know this is Laura Vitale's cookie recipe but i've changed/tweeked it a bit. I hope you don't mind! (All credits for the original soft svanilla sugar cookie to Laura Vitale)

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 a teaspoon of salt

1/4 of baking powder

3/4 cup of softened unsalted butter

1 cup of granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

1/2 a tablespoon of lemon zest

1 teasppon of vanilla extract

For lemon sugar:

2 tablespoon of granulated sugar

1/2 a tablespoon of lemon zest

DIRECTIONS:

First preheat your oven to 375F degrees and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

In a large bowl cream together the butter and the sugar with a stand mixer or hand held mixer, then add the eggs one at a time and add the vanilla extract and lemon juice.

In a seperate bowl whisk together the flour,salt,baking powder and lemon zest. Then gradually mix the flour mixture into the butter and sugar mixture. Mix until combined.

Using a mini ice-cream scoop drop the dough on to the lined baking sheets leaving 1-2 inches inbetween each cookie . Then bake for 10-12 minutes rotating halfway for even baking or untl golden around the edges. Let cool completely & Enjoy!!