These gorgeous lemon cookies are soft in the middle with crispy edges, and are delicious topped with a lovely lemon glaze. Add poppy seeds to these homemade lemon cookies to easily make them lemon poppyseed cookies! Lemon lovers will LOVE these cookies.

Lemon Cookies With Lovely Lemon Glaze

PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES

COOK TIME: 11 MINUTES

TOTAL TIME: 31 MINUTES

Ingredients

Dry ingredients:

• 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Optional: 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Wet ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter, softened at room temperature (do not use melted butter)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• Zest from 1 large lemon (about 2-3 teaspoons)
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

For rolling cookies:

• ¼ cup granulated sugar, for rolling cookies

For the lemon glaze:

• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, poppy seeds (optional) and salt.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, add in softened butter, sugar and lemon zest; beat on high for 2 minutes. Next add in egg and almond extract. Beat for 1 minute until well combined. (It’s SUPER important the egg is at room temperature. To achieve this, just run it under warm water for 1 minute).
4. Slowly add in the dry ingredients and fresh lemon juice and mix on medium low speed until well combined.
5. Use a medium cookie scoop to grab the dough, then use your hands to roll dough into a circle. Roll in sugar, then place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat, leaving at least 2 inches between each dough ball.
6. Bake for 11-14 minute or until edges are barely golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
7. Once cookies are completely cooled, you can glaze them. Make the glaze by adding powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice and almond extract in a medium bowl. Stir to combine. You may need to add in more lemon juice if it is too thick (start with a teaspoon at a time). Glaze should be somewhat thick.
8. Spoon about ½ tablespoon of glaze to each cookie and use a spoon to spread around. Enjoy! Makes 12 cookies.

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