Description
Delicious sweet cookies with loads of lemon flavor!
Ingredients
Scale
For the dough
- 1 cup (230g) butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups (300g) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- zest of 3 organic lemons
- some drops of lemon flavor
- 3 cups (390g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
For the frosting
- 1/2 cup (120g) butter
- 3 cups (360g) confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 –2 tbsp. milk (if needed)
- yellow food color (optional)
- some yellow sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and set aside.
- Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the egg, egg yolk, lemon zest, and flavor and mix until well combined. Mix the flour with baking powder, and salt and add to the bowl, mix until just combined. Use a cookie scoop (or ice cream scoop) to place dough portions with enough space in between on the baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. The cookies should not get much of a color and look slightly under-baked. Take out of the oven and let cool down on the baking sheet for some time, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool down completely.
- For the frosting add the butter to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners’ sugar and mix in. Add the lemon juice and mix until well combined. If the mixture is too thick, add some milk to get it a bit softer. If you want to decorate the cookies like I did on the pictures, take a bit of the frosting and mix with yellow food color to get a nice and colorful frosting. Fill into a piping bag with a very small round tip.
- To frost the cookies, add some white frosting with a spoon or spatula and smooth out the top a bit. If you have the yellow frosting, decorate the cookies to your liking. You can also just sprinkle them with some sugar sprinkles or leave them as they are ;)
Notes
- Enjoy baking!