{Soft and chewy lemon sugar cookies}

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 20

Ingredients

1 cup butter cold, cut into cubes
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest may put more lemon zest for extra flavor
3 cups Flour
1 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
*may put in a drop of yellow food coloring for color

Instructions

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest and stir to combine.
3) Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix just until combined.
4)Drop dough onto light colored baking sheet.
5) Bake for 9-11 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar or white sparkling sugar.

Key steps for making the best lemon sugar cookies

- Cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes or until light and fluffy. This breaks down the sugar so you don’t end up with grainy cookies. It also whips in the air, which not only helps to give the cookie body but keeps it from going completely flat once it hits the hot oven.

- Use fresh lemon juice. The fake stuff you find in the grocery store just tastes fake. Fresh lemon transforms so many dishes and since it’s the star ingredient in this cookie, fresh is best.

- Use a zester to get the vibrant yellow skin from the lemon and leave the bitter white part behind.

- These cookies are best soft so don’t overbake. An outstanding cookie can become mediocre just from overbaking. I always use non-stick silicone baking sheets. These silicone baking sheets are some of my favorites because they work well and are reasonably priced.

- Top with sparkling sugar just as you are removing the cookies from the oven.

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