Lemon Sugar Cookies
Lemon lovers, these cookies are for you! Vanilla lemon cookie dough rolled in sugar is practically the perfect dessert. Soft and chewy, these are easy, no frill cookies that will make it hard to eat just one!
Servings: 20 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter melted
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp lemon zest about 1 medium lemon
- 3 tbsp lemon juice about 1 medium lemon
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar for rolling the cookies in
Instructions
- Add butter, granulated sugar, vanilla extract and lemon zest to the bowl of a stand mixer and mix until combined. Add in the lemon juice and egg and mix on low to combine. With the mixer on low, slowly add in the flour, corn starch, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just incorporated. Cover the bowl with clear wrap and chill for 30-60 minutes.
- Once the dough has chilled, remove from the refrigerator and preheat the oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside. While the oven is preheating, use a medium cookie dough scoop (about 2 tablespoons of dough per dough ball) and scoop 20 cookies. Roll in the remaining granulated sugar. Space 1-2 inches apart and bake for 9 minutes, or until the edges of the cookie are just set. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.