Crisp Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipes

CRISP LEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the lemon juice, zest and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. , Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Coat the bottom of a glass with cooking spray; dip in sugar. Flatten cookies with glass, redipping in sugar as needed., Bake until edges are lightly browned, 11-13 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Drizzle with melted vanilla chips.

CRISP LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, milk and extracts. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture. , Shape into 1-in. balls or drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. , Bake at 400° for 9-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Immediately remove to wire racks to cool.

CRISP SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Cover and refrigerate 15-30 minutes or until easy to handle. , Preheat oven to 350°. On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut into desired shapes using a 2-in. cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

CRISP LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar.
• Add the egg, milk and extracts. Combine the flour, salt, leon rind, and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Shape into 1-in. balls or drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 9-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Immediately remove to wire racks to cool.

LEMON CRISP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add egg, lemon zest, juice, vanilla and beat again.
• In Separate bowl, Sift together Baking powder, baking soda, salt and flour.
• Add dry ingredients to wet in two batches, until just blended.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Sprinkle with colored sugar.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute then move to a cooling rack.

CRISP LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Using an electric mixer, mix all ingredients.
• Roll dough in balls.
• Roll balls in white sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Press balls down with tine of fork dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 350, for 14--16 minutes, until very light golden brown.

CRISP LEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the lemon juice, peel, and vanilla.
• Gradually add flour and mix well.
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Coat the bottom of a glass with cooking spray and dip in sugar. Flatten cookies with glass, redipping in sugar as needed.
• Bake at 325 for 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Drizzle with melted vanilla chips.

LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and stir until combined. Remove the zest from the lemon by running it over the smallest openings on a grater. (Be careful not to grate the bitter white part of the lemon peel, known as the "pith.") Add the egg, lemon zest, and lemon extract to the bowl and stir well. Add the flour and baking powder and mix until completely incorporated.
• Place some sugar in a small bowl. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of the dough about 3 inches apart on a baking sheet. Dip the bottom of a glass into the dough to make it sticky and then dip it into the sugar. Press down lightly on each cookie with the bottom of the glass to flatten them, dipping the glass in the sugar for each cookie.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges of the cookies just begin to brown. Cool on parchment or waxed paper.
• I have a major sweet tooth and I get irritated when I want something sweet but feel like I shouldn't indulge. If you're like me, these cookies are the answer. Even though they are sweet and buttery, they are only about 70 calories per cookie so you can indulge without feeling guilty.