Easy Lemon Sugar Cookies
These piped lemon cookies are made in a jiffy and can be flavored with either lemon juice or limoncello. The refreshing, tangy flavor is simply irresistible!
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Equipment
- Fine grinder or microplane zester
- Baking pan
- Hand or stand mixer
- Bowl
- Parchment paper/silicone mat
Ingredients
- 4.4 oz Butter room temperature
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Eggs
- ¼ tsp Salt
- Lemon juice from ½ lemon or 4 tsp / 20 ml of Limoncello liquor
- Lemon zest from 1.5 lemons
- Orange zest from ½ orange
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- 8.8 oz Cake flour 2 cups
Instructions
- Using a fine grinder or a microplane zester, zest the lemons and the orange. Make sure to zest only the top layer of the fruit (flavedo) and not the white part of the peel since it is bitter.
- Using a mixer, combine 4.4 oz Butter(room temperature) and ½ cup Granulated sugar for 2-3 minutes, starting at medium speed and gradually going to high speed.4.4 oz Butter, ½ cup Granulated sugar
- Mix while adding 1 Eggs, ¼ tsp Salt, Lemon juice (or limoncello), Lemon zest and Orange zest, ½ tsp Baking powder, and 8.8 oz Cake flour (by the spoonful.)1 Eggs, ¼ tsp Salt, Lemon juice , Lemon zest , Orange zest, ½ tsp Baking powder, 8.8 oz Cake flour
- If the dough becomes too tough for your mixer, mix the rest of the flour by kneading it with your hands, making sure to stop as soon as the flour gets incorporated into the dough evenly.
- Fill the dough into a piping bag with a Wilton 4B tip.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Start piping those yummy cookies on the prepared sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 C / 356 F until they brown.
Notes
To get the desired shape, press the piping bag gently in small up-and-down movements five times. Repeat the process until you have no leftover dough (I needed two sheets for the entire dough). This recipe also works with a cookie press.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 38kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 28mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 57IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.1mg
Calories: 38kcal
Servings: 60 cookies
