The easiest sugar cookies infused with a blast of lemon flavor!
Author: One Moore Bite
Makes: 20
Ingredients
1⅓ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ cup butter, softened
1 cup cane sugar
Zest of 2 lemons
1 egg
1 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and baking powder.
In a small bowl, combine the sugar and the zest of 1 lemon. Rub the zest into the sugar with your fingers until the sugar is moist, like wet sand, and the lemon zest is very fragrant. Remove ¼ cup of the lemon-sugar to a separate small bowl and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter with the lemon-sugar until fluffy and pale yellow. Beat in egg and lemon juice. Turn the mixer speed to low and gradually mix in the dry ingredients until incorporated.
Scoop the cookie dough into small rounds, about 2 tablespoons each, and roll them in the reserved lemon sugar. Arrange them about 1-2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake the cookies for exactly 10 minutes, rotating the baking sheet 180 degrees halfway through. Let the cookies cool on the pan for 2 minutes atop a wire rack, then remove the cookies from the pan to cool completely directly on the rack.