Iced Lemon Sugar Cookies
A soft delicious lemon flavored sugar cookie with a tart and sweet lemon glaze.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 234kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 Tbs lemon zest
- 4 Tbs lemon juice
- 2 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
GLAZE
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Zest of 1 lemon
Instructions
- In bowl beat together your butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in your lemon zest, lemon juice, egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
- Slowly add your baking soda and flour and mix until just combined.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Once refrigerated preheat your oven to 350.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and add about 2 tablespoons of dough into hand and roll into ball and set on baking sheet.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until edges are just slightly golden, let rest for about 5 minutes before removing to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- To make your glaze mix together your powdered sugar, lemon juice and zest in bowl.
- You can dip, drizzle or add glaze to baggie with a tip cut off and drizzle over.
Nutrition
Calories: 234kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 178mg | Potassium: 32mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 255IU | Vitamin C: 1.3mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg