Soft and chewy with a delicious buttercream center the Lemon Sandwich Cookies are fun, flavorful and easy to whip up. Your new favorite spring and summer cookie!

I love lemon. It is one of the most absolutely delicious flavors that there is and I can’t get enough of it. I will eat any lemon dessert that comes my way.

These Lemon Sandwich Cookies are one of my favorites. They are so easy to make that we kinda maybe make them too often if there is such a thing.

Plus they are filled with a luscious and creamy buttercream frosting that really offsets the flavor of the cookies and balances them out so so well.

I love when I can have buttercream and cookies together, that’s one thing that makes these Lemon Sandwich Cookies special because you get two cookies encasing that buttercream.

I really couldn’t ask for more from a cookie honestly. The whole family loves the and they disappear faster then I would like because I’m wanting all of them and boom they’re gone.

But that just means I get to whip up another batch and that is absolutely fine by me, sometimes I ty to hid them, but my kids are old enough now where that doesn’t work the greatest.

Some of my other favorite lemon flavored desserts we have on our site include Lemon Blueberry Danishes, Glazed Lemon Biscuit Knots and Lemon Layer Cake!

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

With pantry staple baking ingredients this recipe is easy to put together.
You can absolutely double the batch to have more.
You can flavor these with as little or as much lemon as you’d like.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT BOTTOM):

All-purpose flour
Butter
Granulated sugar
Baking powder
Eggs
Vanilla
Lemon zest
Lemon juice
Salt
Powdered sugar

HOW TO MAKE LEMON SANDWICH COOKIES, STEP BY STEP:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease or place parchment paper on two baking sheets.
In a medium mixing bowl, stir flour, salt, and baking powder together. Set aside.
In a stand mixture, cream butter and sugar until light and fluff. Add eggs, vanilla, lemon juice and lemon zest and mix well until combined.
Add the dry ingredients, 1/3 at a time, mixing well in between each addition.
Drop Tablespoonful sized dough onto cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
Cool on baking sheets 5 minutes before moving to cooling rack to cool completely.
To make your buttercream in stand mixer cream butter until light and fluffy.
Add powdered sugar and mix again until creamy and smooth.
Lastly add the lemon zest and lemon juice and mix again.
Add buttercream to a piping bag and pipe onto one cookie (you can use a knife and spread on if you don’t have a piping bag). Place another cookie on top. Repeat with remaining cookies.

How much easier can you get than these Sandwich Cookies? I mean come on, they just are screaming at you to make them. At least they are to me.

If you love lemon like me then you will really love these since they have lemon in both the cookie and the buttercream.

If you are not a huge fan of lemon flavor you can absolutely leave it out of the buttercream and just make regular buttercream as well.

WHAT ARE SANDWICH COOKIES?

Sandwich cookies can be defined by anythings but they are essentially a type of larger cookie made from two cookies with a filling between them.

Many types of fillings are used, such as whipped cream, chocolate ganache, buttercream, cream cheese, jams or jellies, peanut butter, lemon curd, or even ice cream.

So pretty much you can make whatever cookie you like and fill it with a variety of different fillings and you would call it a Sandwich Cookies because it resembles a sandwich.

HOW TO STORE:

These can be stored at room temperature for up to two days in an airtight container or ziptop bag or you can extend the life and place them in the refrigerator for an additional 2-3 days.

These can also be frozen. The best way to do this is since they are filled, wrap them individually in plastic wrap and then place in a freezer safe airtight container where they will last for up to 3 months.

You will want to thaw these in the refrigerator overnight before consuming.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

If you are not a huge lemon fan but still like it you can make plain buttercream instead of lemon flavored.
This batch can easily be doubled to make more for guests or to freeze for later.
These can be frozen, see my tips above on how to do that.
You can use fresh or bottled lemon juice for these.
Give them a dusting of powdered sugar to top off the flavor.
Pipe or spoon on the frosting into the center, either way will work.

If you want a deliciously fun a fresh cookie recipe then I highly suggest that you make my Lemon Sandwich Cookies ASAP!

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