Best Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe
This is seriously the Best Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe ever! Featuring a soft lemon sugar cookie and creamy lemon cream cheese frosting, these are a citrusy treat with bold lemon flavor and a perfeclty chewy texture!
Servings:16 cookies
Ingredients
For the Lemon Cookies
- 3/4 cup sugar
- zest of 2 lemons
- 8 oz butter, at room temperature
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
For the Lemon Cream Cheese Icing
- 4 oz butter, at room temperature
- 1 oz cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 320F and line 2 extra large baking sheets with parchment.
- Mix together the sugar and lemon zest, rubbing the zest into the sugar with your fingertips to release the lemon oils.
- Beat the butter into the lemon sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg.
- Slowly stir in the flour, baking powder and salt until you have a soft cookie dough.
- Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and space them 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Bake until the edges are slightly golden, about 12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the icing. Beat together the butter and cream cheese until smooth, followed by the powdered sugar and lemon juice.
- With the back of a dessert spoon, swirl the icing on top of each cookie. Allow the icing to set slightly before serving.
Notes
These cookies will last up to 3 days in a sealed container at room temperature. The dough also freezes well.
Nutrition
Calories: 182 kcal, Carbohydrates: 39 g, Protein: 3 g, Fat: 2 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2 g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4 g, Trans Fat: 0.001 g, Cholesterol: 14 mg, Sodium: 85 mg, Potassium: 55 mg, Fiber: 0.5 g, Sugar: 25 g, Vitamin A: 74 IU, Vitamin C: 0.5 mg, Calcium: 31 mg, Iron: 1 mg