Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe
These Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies are even more proof that we’ll never shut up about our trip to Italy. Probably like a year from now we’ll blindside you with some ravioli tartufati and then you’ll smash your phone with a hammer. We don’t blame you. But also you can’t blame us when you end up lying awake at night with the shakes and sweats wondering what those damn cookies tasted like. Maybe not tonight. Maybe not tomorrow night. But you will. And you’re welcome.
PREP TIME
30 mins
COOK TIME
25 mins
SERVINGS
39-40
Ingredients
Lemon Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar, divided
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp water
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp salt + a pinch
- 5 1/2 cups flour
- 2 lemons, zested & divided
Lemon Sour Cream Frosting
- 1/2 cup room temp butter
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 Tbsp milk
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies
Lemon Sugar Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- In a stand mixer bowl, add butter, oil, 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar, water, eggs, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, flour, and zest of 1 lemon. Using a paddle attachment, mix until everything is well-combined. Dough should be a little crumbly and not sticky at all.
- Working one at a time, roll the dough into golf ball-sized balls and place each on a cookie sheet.
- Put 1/4 cup of sugar, zest of 1 lemon, and a pinch of salt in a dish and stir until well-combined. Using a drinking glass, press the bottom of the glass into the sugar mixture, then press firmly into the center of a dough ball. The dough should spill a little bit over the side of the glass. Repeat the process until all dough balls have been pressed with the sugar mixture.
- Bake for 8 minutes, or until just barely browning on the bottom. Transfer cookies to cooling rack. Once cool, apply Lemon Sour Cream Frosting.
Lemon Sour Cream Frosting
- Add all ingredients to a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, mix until well-combined and smooth. Immediately frost cookies.
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