Glazed Soft Lemon Cookies
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The recipe for these amazing Glazed Soft Lemon Cookies are literally the best cookies for spring and summer! Light and lemony…I wanted to eat them all. These soft lemon cookies are delectable, thick, soft, pillowy bakery style cookies.
Mmmm…sooo good! Like this Easy No-Bake Lemon Pie Dessert, these Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies and this Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie! We love lemon desserts!
Why We Love These Super Soft Lemon Glazed Sugar Cookies
- These super soft lemon glazed sugar cookies are truly unique and delicious treat.
- Easy to make, no chilling the dough, so you make and bake and glaze!
- Combining the flavorful tartness of lemons with the comfort of a soft, fluffy sugar cookie, this one-of-a-kind combination of flavors will delight everyone!
- The soft and chewy center of these lemon glazed sugar cookies will surely satisfy any craving when it comes with freshly-baked, homemade treats.
- You can taste the lemony sunshine bursting right through these cookies each time you bite into these delightful gems.
- The yummy layer of sweet and tart lemon icing glaze on top makes it the ultimate lemon explosion cookie package.
- I can’t even explain to you how good these taste, but you’ll have to make these and let me know if you’re on the same page when it comes to lemon.
These super soft lemon glazed sugar cookies are sure to delight the taste buds. So refreshing to taste and lucky for all of us, this soft lemon cookie recipe is pretty easy to make.
This recipe makes approximately 18 cookies and I guarantee they will not last long if you take them to a party or let the family at ’em. We included it in our 30 Mother’s Day Desserts for Mom as well, because I know for a fact, my mom would love these, since she’s a lemon lover!
So, are you ready to imagine the sweetness of lemon sugar cookies, softened with a light and zesty lemon glaze?
Ingredients You Need
Soft Lemon Cookie recipe
- butter
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- almond milk or milk of choice
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- fresh lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
- Optional: 1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest *see notes
Lemon Icing Glaze
- powdered sugar
- fresh lemon juice (1 & 1/2 lemons)
- almond milk or milk
Instructions How to Make Soft Lemon Cookie Recipe
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
How to Make the Lemon Cookie Dough
- In a medium bowl, make the flour mixture. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
- In another large bowl, using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in lemon juice, milk, eggs, vanilla, almond milk and lemon zest optional and continue mixing until combined.
- Add ½ of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix. Add rest of the flour and mix together until combined.
Baking the Super Soft Lemon Glazed Sugar Cookies
- Using a medium size cookie scoop, drop scooped cookie dough balls out on parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake about 8-10 minutes, or until cookies do not sink or imprint when lightly touched on top. Do not over-bake. Cookies should not be brown.
- Let cookies set for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack and then frost with the lemon icing!
Preparing the Lemon Glaze
- In a shallow bowl, mix powdered sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Add in milk and continue stirring until mixed well and it’s a nice thick consistency, yet pourable.
- Dip cooled cookies in icing and allow to set on a cookie rack.
Storing Lemon Cookies
- Store the glazed lemon cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for about 3 days. Make sure the glaze has completely hardened before storing on top of each other and keep them away from heat.
More Variations
- If you don’t have lemons, you could use lemon extract as a substitute.
- Try using oranges or limes to change the citrusy vibe with other fruity flavors!
- If you want more yellow color in your cookies, add some yellow food coloring to get the color desired.
With this recipe, you can have the texture of homemade bakery-quality super soft lemon glazed sugar cookies anytime you want them! This easy-to-follow recipe is sure to wow all. A delicious twist on the traditional fluffy sugar cookie, these sweet and zesty treats will have you coming back for more.
Seriously, I wanted to eat the whole dang batch of these Glazed Soft Lemon Cookies and I’m a chocolate girl, but that doesn’t stop me from loving all the other desserts out there. That’s why I’m here…sharing my passion for desserts and eating them all along the journey. LOL!
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Super Soft Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
Lemon Sugar Cookies
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup almond milk you can use regular milk as well
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ¼ cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 lemon
- Optional: 1 Tbsp lemon zest
Lemon Icing Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 & 1/2 lemons
- 1 tablespoon almond milk or milk
Instructions
Lemon Sugar Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
- In another bowl, using a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in lemon juice, milk, eggs, vanilla, almond milk and lemon zest optional and continue mixing until combined.
- Add 1/2 of the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix. Add rest of the flour and mix together until combined.
- Using a medium size cookie scoop, drop scooped cookies out on parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake about 8-10 minutes, or until cookies do not sink or imprint when lightly touched on top. Do not over-bake. Cookies should not be brown.
- Let cookies set for a couple of minutes on the baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack and then frost with the lemon icing!
Lemon Icing Glaze:
- In a shallow bowl, mix powdered sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Add in milk and continue stirring until mixed well and it's a nice thick consistency, yet pourable.
- Dip cooled cookies in icing and allow to set on a cookie rack.
- After icing has set, seal cookies for keep soft.
Recipe slightly modified from A Latte Food
