Meyer Iced Lemon Cookies Recipes

ICED MEYER LEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine 1 and 3/4 cups of the flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Stir with a whisk.
• In a large bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until pale and fluffy. Add the lemon juice, zest, and eff yolk. Beat until well combined.
• Reduce the speed to low and add the flour in 3 additions. Beat until just combined, scrape the sides of the bowl as needed. The dough should easily hold together and not be sticky to the touch. If the dough is sticky, gradually beat in the remaining flour.
• Divide the dough in half and roll each roll one portion at a time in between 2 sheets of parchment paper to 1/4-inch thickness. Leave the dough in the parchment paper and stack it on a cookie sheet. Freeze the dough for at least 20 minutes to make it easier to handle while cutting.
• Preheat the oven to 325ºF.
• Use a 2-inch round (or any shape you like) cookie cutter and cut as many rounds as you can. Reroll the scraps up to 2 times to a similar thickness, freeze, and cut out remaining rounds. Place the cookies 1 inch apart on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or silicone mat. Bake one sheet at a time for 12 to 14 minutes, until the edges are lightly brown. let the cookies rest on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat until all the cookies are done.
• Whisk the sugar and lemon juice together in a bowl, adding 1 tablespoon of juice at a time, until the icing is spreadable. Stir in the zest. Spread the icing over the cookies. Let the iced cookies set fully before serving.

MEYER ICED LEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Using a microplane grater, remove the zest from 4 Meyer lemons. Reserve 1 1/2 tablespoons for the dough.
• Mix butter on high speed until fluffy and add sugar and egg. Continue mixing on medium speed and add vanilla and lemon rind. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients until blended. Mixing on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture until blended, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• While the dough is being chilled, juice the lemons you removed the zest from earlier. Add the remaining lemon rind to the juice and slowly mix in the powdered sugar. It's better to err on the side of too thick for the icing as runny icing won't form nice stripes.
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll into 1 1/4 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten the cookies with a glass or measuring cup. Coat the bottom of the glass or cup with sugar between flattening. Try to get the cookies around 1/4 inch in height.
• Bake 9- 11 (If you want a crisper cookie you may need 11+ minutes. Other wise 9-10 should give you a softer cookie.) minutes at 375 degrees until edges are just turning golden. Remove from oven and tranfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
• Set a plastic bag in a glass and pour the icing mixture into the plastic bag. Snip the corner off the plastic bag and pipe stripes along the cooled cookie tops. Let the icing harden fully before transferring to storage container.

MEYER LEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Then, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• Ina large mixing bowl combine the sugar, lemon juice, zest, extract, the 3/4 cup butter, yogurt and egg. Beat with a mixer until well blended.
• Then, add the flour and baking soda to form soft dough. Mix to combine, be careful not to overmix. Just until the flour is fully combined.
• After that, refrigerate the dough for about 20 minutes so that it is easier to roll the cookies into a ball. You can skip this step, but note the dough will be sticky.
• Once you are ready, start rolling the cookie dough into 1-inch balls and place on your prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 8-10 minutes. The cookies don't spread much at all, so I ended up baking about 20 on a tray! Remove from tray immediately and place on cooling rack.
• In a medium sized bowl, mix together the butter, powder sugar, the lemon ride, juice, extract, and milk with an electric handheld mixer until completely smooth.
• If you want to add food coloring, add and mix again until fully combined.
• Spoon the frosting onto the tops of the cooled cookies and spread out evenly. Top with sprinkles if desired.
• Serve and enjoy!