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My “Pinspiration” for Lemon Fresh Sugar Cookies was a cookie recipe from Modern Honey. I changed a few ingredients to accomodate my pantry, and added frosting to my cookies. Lemon-flavored desserts make me think of clothes hanging on the line, flowers in the window, and springtime. How about you?
Ingredients:
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Ingredients:
- 1 cup Butter cold, cut into cubes
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 5 tablespoons of Lemon Juice
- 3 cups Flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- a few drops of Yellow Food Coloring for color
- Sprinkles, or other embellishments, if desired (not pictured)
- the original recipe included Lemon Zest, but I didn’t have a lemon, so I just added a lot more Lemon Juice
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice.
- Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, then mix until combined.
- Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, and place on baking sheet.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes.
- Let cool, then decorate.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes. My husband and son bought me an Artisan Kitchen Aid Mixer for Christmas, and this was the first time I used it. Look at it go!
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Add eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice.
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Mix well, then add flour, baking soda. baking powder, and salt.
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Add yellow food color, then shape and bake. My dough was so warm, I rolled it into two tubes with Saran Wrap, and placed it in the freezer for a while before baking. If your dough is too warm, it will spread on the pan and result in an unfortunate- looking cookie.
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If you roll the dough into nice, round 1 1/2 inch lemon sugar cookie balls, and bake them at 350 degrees for 9 minutes, your cookies will bake beautifully!
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We made a dozen cookies the first night, then pulled out the still-frozen dough and made a dozen cookies the 2nd night. We still have enough dough left to bake 2 more dozen cookies. Thanks Modern Honey, I will be following your Pinterest boards from now on!
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Now, it’s time to decorate! I used store bought cookie icing this time. It had a great taste, without the mess. It was a little expensive though (around $3 per tube). It’s definitely cheaper to make your own decorator’s icing. I did cut costs by purchasing white and red tubes, then adding different combinations of food coloring to the white cookie icing. The two tubes I purchased are plentiful though. they will definitely decorate the 4 dozen cookies in this batch.
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I hope you enjoyed making Lemon Fresh Sugar Cookies along with me!
Happy Spring!
Kristie
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These look delicious!! Perfect for spring!
Thanks, Michelle. We really liked the lemon flavor with the sugar cookie.
I just inherited a KitchenAid mixer – this looks like the perfect recipe to give it a try! And I’m not sure if this is part of the Pinterest Challenge but it didn’t get linked up to the InLinkz.
Hey Roseann! I initially wrote it for the Pinterest Challenge, not realizing the theme was spring diy/craft.
oh yummy perfect for spring thanks for sharing
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Thanks, Angie.
Thanks Kristie for linking up your recipe with us at the Blogger’s Pit Stop!
Thanks for dropping by, Roseann!