Another summer treat.
I’ll hang onto summer as long as I can.
Abundant fresh fruit.
Tell me you don’t like summer!
And since I love you so much I didn’t want to let you wait forever for this lemon sugar cookies recipe I mentioned in my last post.
I don’t have lots of sugar cookies recipes on the blog, but I can honestly say these are the best sugar cookies!
They are buttery melt in your mouth soft, with a tangy lemony touch from the lemon extract and lemon juice.
These sugar cookies are not good for decorating, being too fragile, they are best served on their own with a tall glass of cold milk, or with some preserve, even a little chocolate ganache in between two cookies. Nutella. Peanut Butter. Biscoff. Lots of possibilities.
I’ve made these cookies on a hot summer day, dreaming of sunny beaches with a nice ocean breeze.
If you don’t like the lemon flavor you can use vanilla extract or half of a vanilla bean paste or any other flavor.
The recipe is from Taste of Home magazine and although most of the recipes on this blog are adapted or developed in my kitchen, but to this one I’ve changed so little, using lemon instead of vanilla and just a dust more of flour.
Yields 2 dozens
Lemon Sugar Cookies - Buttery melt in your mouth sugar cookie with a tangy lemony touch
15 minPrep Time
10 minCook Time
2 hrTotal Time
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (225 grams) butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (100 grams) sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 1/2 tsp grated lemon rind
- pinch of salt
- 2 2/3 to 2 3/4 cups (320-330grams) all purpose flour
Instructions
- In a medium size mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. When light and fluffy add the two egg yolks, one at a time. Add the lemon extract and grated rind followed by the sifted flour and salt.
- Get the dough in a ball, flatten it a little bit, cover in plastic foil and refrigerate for about 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- When chilled place the dough on a lightly floured working area and roll it out to 1/4 inch thickness. With a cookie cutter, cut cookies and place them on cookie baking sheet with parchment paper.
- When all the cookies are cut (about 2 dozen depending on the size and thickness) place the baking sheets in the fridge while waiting for the oven to heat to 350F.
- When the oven reaches 350F bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are very lightly browned.
- Leave to cool completely on the cookie sheet before removing.
- The cookies last up to a week in a air-tight container.
Other lemon cookies recipe you might like
Lemon Sugar Cookies from Two Peas & Their Pod
Lemon Sugar Cookies with Lemon Buttercream Frosting from Mother Thyme
Lemon Sugar Cookies from Chocolate, Chocolate and More
Crushed Lemon Drops Sugar Cookies from Barbara Bakes
Sending love your way,
Roxana
Oh Roxanna! I love the filling- how fresh and sweet! not to mention those cookies. Nothing beats a good classic sugar cookie- the addition of lemon takes it to a whole new level!
I love these types of jelly filled cookies. Looks so, so good!
i love lemon cookies!!!!! gotta make these
These look so melt in your mouth delicious Roxana! They remind me of something my Mom would have made when I was little. Love the tart lemon, sweet raspberry jam combination! Hope you are having a wonderful week :)!
These sound perfect! I love the tangy lemon flavor, and also the idea of using vanilla! They are absolutely gorgeous too.
Gorgeous clicks, as always, Roxana. These cookies look so buttery and great!
Hi roxana! These cookies look delicious!:)
Oh these cookies look really gorgeous!! Love the idea of filling it up! great recipe, roxana!
Gorgeous cookies!
Oh love summer, but I love your cookies more 🙂 Love the filling and your pics are amazing! Well done Roxy!
These look incredible, and sound so light and perfect with the lemon!
oh yum, these look delicious x
That looks so delicious with fresh strawberry jam filling 🙂
I am dreaming of eating this in field of flowers along with some wine on a blanket. Blue skies and clouds. Perfect summer day!
DELICIOUS!!!
Lemon cookies are the best! I love the idea of making a sandwich cookie with some raspberry preserves. Sounds delicious! 🙂
The cookies look so neat and perfectly shaped plus that jam in between. Super craving happening here!
Oh this makes me drool I love those two flavors together and I’m a sucker for sugar cookies. Beautiful photos that really capture these lovely cookies.
I am dying to try this!!!
Love these dainty lemon sugar cookies Roxana. I can totally see myself having couple or more with my tea with or without jam. 🙂
Oooh, my family would love these cookies filled with ganache! I’m so excited to meet you this fall!!!!
What a perfect cookie! Love the touch of lemon and the lovely jam holding two of them together! Happy Saturday!!
Classic jam cookies are one of the most requested treats here at home! If I had a penny for every time my kids ask for these, I’d be rich now!
Oh I love love delicate cookies, that just melt in your mouth! The lemon flavor would totally burst with happiness with every bite:-) Beautiful, Hugs, Terra
These look just about perfect to me! I could go for a few of these buttery little lemon cookies right now!
Hi Roxana!! I saw this post a while back and I really love these cookies! Lemon sugar cookies themselves are already superb and you added jam! My kids would love the ones with jam, but I love the simple lemon flavor from these cookies with my tea. I can imagine the smell when these just come out of the oven. Ahhhh… nice.
The images of the cookies are so sharp it’s like I can just reach into my screen and grab one, or two to have with my morning tea. Yes, that would be perfect right about now.
Wow! Look at these beauties! They are just so spectacular looking!
Oh my gosh, my mouth is watering!
These look heavenly Roxana!
Delicious 🙂