Lemon Sugar Cookie Recipe
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 1 whole lemon
  • 1½ cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
Instructions
  1. Begin by preparing your lemon as we are going to use two parts- zest and juice.
  2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
  3. Juice your lemon, you will need 2 tsps. lemon juice.
  4. Zest lemon using a special zesting tool or the smallest holes on a hand grater. Zest gently you only want the yellow zest, not the white- it is bitter.
  5. In a large bowl with a hand or stand mixer whip eggs until frothy.
  6. Add sugar and beat until smooth.
  7. Mix in flour, baking powder, lemon zest and juice until just blended.
  8. Drop by heaping spoonful's on to a baking sheet lined with foil or nonstick spray.
  9. Bake for 9-11 minutes, remove just before they brown.
  10. Store in an airtight container, if you like your cookies a little softer store with a piece of bread, your cookies will absorb the moisture from it and soften up.
Recipe by A Frugal Chick at https://www.afrugalchick.com/lemon-sugar-cookie-recipe/