Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Lemon Sugar Cookies

Lemon Sugar Cookies. They have always been one of my favorites and they really are quite versatile. I do adore Lemon Sugar Cookies-they are soft, chewy, and rolled in sugar. Ring in spring with a batch of Lemon Sugar Cookies.

I love a good lemon flavor. And honestly, I'm not picky about the type of food it's typically associated with! These lemon sugar cookies are thick and chewy and easy to freeze. You can have Lemon Sugar Cookies using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Sugar Cookies

1. It’s 100 g (1/2 cup) of lard.
2. It’s 60 g (1/4 cup) of butter.
3. It’s 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
5. It’s 1 of large egg.
6. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
7. It’s of juice of 1 lemon.
8. You need 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
9. You need 1 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
10. It’s 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
11. You need 1 of pintch salt.
12. It’s of Granulated sugar to sprinkle.

I wanted these lemon sugar cookies to be soft, but chewy – this is the ultimate cookie dichotomy! Good thing the dough is super easy to whip up! I may have to make another batch for the weekend. Absolute PERFECT soft and chewy lemon sugar cookies, that stay soft!

Lemon Sugar Cookies step by step

1. Into a bowl add in lard, butter, sugars, egg, vanilla extract and lemon juice..
2. Beat it until you get a fluffy cream..
3. Sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt..
4. Mix until well combined and a soft dough is formed..
5. Take the dough to the fridge to chill for about 15 minutes..
6. While the dough chills pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F and grease two baking pans..
7. Scoop out a tablespoonful of the dough and roll into a medium to small ball with your hands. Flatten them a little and place them onto the baking pan. Leave a bit of space between the cookies to allow them to spread a bit..
8. Sprinkle granulated sugar over each cookie..
9. Bake them for 12 to 15 minutes. The perfect moment to take them out of the oven is when they start to get golden brown on the edges while still white in the center..
10. Allow them to cool on the baking pans for about 5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack or a cold tray. They need that time to firm up as they leave the oven very softy..
11. Enjoy the best lemon sugar cookie recipe you will ever try!.

These Lemon Sugar Cookies feature traditional sugar cookie dough dressed up with tart lemon juice and grated lemon peel. For more delicious cookies, see our complete cookie recipe collection. Reviews for: Photos of Lemon Sugar Tea Cookies. If you love lemon desserts, I have the perfect cookie for you! I took my favorite sugar cookie recipe and adapted it to come up with today's recipe for Lemon Sugar Cookies.