Easy 4 ingredient lemon cookie recipe - melt in your mouth glazed lemon cookies
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Follow along with our delicious lemon cookies recipe and learn how to make the best easy lemon cookies! This lemon cookie recipe is very easy to make; using only four ingredients to create these buttery melt in your mouth lemon cookies! With an easy shortbread base and a tangy lemon icing, this easy lemon cookie is the best easy cookie recipe. These delicious rolled cookies have the perfect balance of sweetness in the shortbread cookie, with a tangy lemon icing on top, these cookies are sure to please! This easy recipe only uses butter, powdered sugar, flour and a lemon! Super easy and delicious rolled lemon shortbread cookies! Follow along with this short recipe tutorial and learn how to make lemon cookies!
Lemon Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup salted butter (softened to room temperature)
1/3 Cup powdered sugar
1 Teaspoon lemon zest
1 Cup all purpose flour
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F/175C. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper (optional). In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a large bowl if using a hand mixer cream butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar and mix on low for 2 minutes. Zest 1 large lemon, this should give you about a teaspoon of zest. Add this into your bowl and mix on low until incorporated. Add in the flour and mix on low until the dough comes together. Lightly flour your rolling surface, form the dough into a disc and lightly flour the top. Roll to 1/4 Inch thickness and cut cookies using a 3 inch cutter. Re roll and cut your scraps as needed. You should get 12 cookies. Place on prepared cookie sheets and bake 10-12 minutes or until the bottoms are just beginning to brown. Let cool on the pan for a few minutes, then move to a wire rack to finish cooling. Dip cooled cookies in lemon icing and allow 2 hours to set.
Lemon Icing
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 Cup powdered sugar
Directions:
Combine fresh lemon juice and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Whisk until smooth. If too thin, add a little bit more powdered sugar. If too thick, add a bit more lemon juice. Dip tops of cookies, let set and enjoy!
Chapters
0:00 - Lemon cookies recipe and directions
0:48 - Rolling, cutting and baking
1:26 - Lemon icing recipe and directions
1:53 - Finished lemon cookies
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Guys whoever haven't try to make this recipe you must now! It's freaking amazing! Melting in mouth not too sweet it's super yummy! It came out exact 12 cookies and 4 cookies left now, me and my boyfriend been eating it since an hour ago 😅😅 Thank you so much for the recipe. We love it!!! ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words! I am so happy that you both enjoyed the recipe, your comment made my day! Thanks again!! 🥰
@imeldafs6577
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets you're welcome... Will definitely try your other recipes. I made 3 batches last weekend for a private graduation party, everybody love it and nothing left to bring back home. I'm so happy! 😆😘 This cookies became my first fav cookies now. My heart for you ❤❤❤😘😘😘 Again thank u so much!!! 🤗🤗❤
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to hear that they were so popular at your celebration! I’ve never had any leftover after a party or potluck either, so I usually keep a couple at home for myself haha! I really hope that you enjoy the other recipes too! Thanks again for your support! 🥰
@imeldafs6577
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets that's a good idea 💡 😆 will do next time. But anyway I made again last night 😄 It's really good to always have it at home and enjoy it with a cup of tea whenever we want. Thank u and You're welcome..
Simple, easy recipe, and not a bunch of crap before getting into the video. Very refreshing! Thank you, and a big thumbs up!!
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed the video, and I’m glad you like the short, to the point style of my videos!! 🥰
This looks incredibly delicious and super easy! Thank you
I gotta try, love lemon
Tried this today… and I absolutely love them! They taste so good. I can’t believe how quick and easy it was to make.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, I’m so happy that you enjoyed the recipe. These are one of my absolute favourite cookies! 😊
These are a hit! Have to make 2 more batches for the new addicts
I made these for the first time in Christmas eve and OMG they’re so easy to make and super delicious 😭❤️
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy that you enjoyed the recipe! This is one is my all time favourite cookie recipes! 🥰
Absolutely delicious !❤
Excellent glazed lemon cookies....yum.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! They’re one of my absolute favourite cookies!
You’re actually really good!
I recently made these lemon cookies for my family and the LOVE them! My Son-in-law proclaimed them "amazing"!🥰
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy to hear that your family loved the cookies! These are one of my favourite cookies, both for the taste and how easy they are to make. ❤️❤️
I just want to say thank you for this recipe, I work in a restaurant and they were a hit!!!
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad that the recipe is such a hit, it’s one of my absolute favourite cookies!
Love your recipes and Beautiful voice and presentation. Take care and God bless you. 💖
@CookieSweets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words! I am so happy to hear that you are enjoying the recipes! 😊
I just baked a batch of these and they are so delicious. Thank You For Sharing.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’m So happy to hear that you enjoyed the recipe! 😊
These look delicious 😋 thanks for the recipe .
@CookieSweets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I hope that you enjoy them!
Till now my favorite
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoy the cookies!
I made this today and it turned out great thanks for the awesome recipe 🙂❤️
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome! So glad you enjoyed the cookies! ❤️
That's is a really good recipe!! thanks for sharing!
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! ❤️
thanks for sharing this recipe!:)
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
Sounds delicious!
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!! 😊
Liked, subscribed, notifications on and shared. Thank you!
OMG the best cookies ever 😋😋
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed them!
New christmas cookie to add to my callection cant wait to try them❤
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoy!
These cookies are sooo good. I put a little zest in the icing too :) My new favorite. Thanks for posting this video.
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
Glad you like them! Love the addition of extra zest, I'll have to try that next time.
Thank you for the recipe. I made this at a restaurant and they were popular
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
You are so very welcome! I’m so glad to hear that they were popular!
Awesome recipe
@CookieSweets
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
❤THANK YOU For a delicious, few ingredients, cookie
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
You are so very welcome!!
I just made these ,they are excellent, I am not very well,so I just rolled them in a long roll and cut them. Thank-you.
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for the great suggestion to roll and cut them, I will definitely try this when doing large batches to save time!
Awesome cookies 👍 Thank you🎈
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Gostei ! Irei fazer!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I'm going to try to make these cookies.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do! 😊
Lovely... thank you for the video... God bless your life... Ann Foster, BooksbyA.Foster
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
My dough came out, super fluffy. Also I had to convert the temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
Thank you so much for this recipe. I used it and my cookies turned out great,but if I had a recommendation I would say to put the cookies in for a little longer than 10 minutes.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe! Great recommendation, my oven runs a little hot so I usually go with the shorter end of the baking time 😊
I will make them, they look Amazing❤❤❤🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Theyre amazing, i added an egg yolk and they came out perfect ✨✨ thank you so much, saludos desde argentina🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed them!
Wow i just accidentally made these. Super good with or without the icing!
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Yes, I agree. they are super tasty without the icing as well! ❤️
I live in Illinois and Chicago wants him to come there too!
Basically, shortbread cookies.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Yep they sure are!
Me and my girlfriend have gotten into a baking war recently and im gonna end it once and for all next week with these haha hope mine come out as good as yours look! Do they have a crunch to them or are they soft? Thanks for the recipe and ill let you know if mine turn out good!
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Hello! The cookies do have a crisp texture and a slight crunch when you first bite into them, and then they melt in your mouth like a typical shortbread. Best of luck with your baking war, I’d love to hear how they turn out!
@fosstar
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets I couldn’t wait. I had to do a test run today and bake them…OMG they are perfect!!! Easily the best lemon biscuit ive ever eaten thankyou so much! Would these keep in the fridge fresh for about 3 days and still be good? They’re easy to make but im scared my next batch wont be as good!
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy that you enjoyed the recipe! Yes, they can absolutely be kept in the fridge for 3 days! I hope they’re the winning cookie for you! 😊
@fosstar
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets yup I won! She now has to make me some triple choc chip cookies 😈 these were so good that im not making these for my Nan, Auntie and Cousins today haha thankyou so much! I tip my hat to you 🎩👍
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on your win!! 🥳 I hope your family also enjoys the cookies!! 😊
I made them last night and I love them, they are like shortbread. The only thing I wanna ask is my dough seemed more on crumbling side; its malleable, but it was still a little crumbled on the edge. FYI, I only have hand mixer and use Canadian ingredients.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad that you enjoyed the recipe! If you find that the dough is crumbly to the point that it’s hard to work with you could add a tablespoon of water or alternately you could omit 1-2 tablespoons of flour when making the dough. Hope this helps!
For how much time can we store this cookie ? Amazing recipe btw ❤️❤️
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Harshita! They will keep for one week refrigerated or 4-5 days at room temperature. I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe!
I tried these and they came out well. Made them for a church kid for learning a set of review Bible verses. He really liked them. He finished his next set and asked if I could do a vanilla version? I think it should work but wondered if that is anything you have already tried? I figure vanilla extract in place of lemon and maybe a little cream in the icing....? Have you tried variations? Thanks!
Thanks for the recipe. I live in Thailand which is very hot and humid country, is it okay if l keep it in refrigerator?
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! These cookies can definitely be stored in the fridge! 😊
I am trying these today because our Meyer lemon tree is got too many lemons than I know what to do with.
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
That sounds amazing!
How do I print the recipe?
Do these spread? I’m wanting to use a heart cookie cutter but I don’t want to go through the trouble if they’re just going to spread on me!
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
Hello! My apologies for the late reply. These cookies do spread a little bit, so the shape isn’t quite as sharp as it would be for a sugar cookie.
Do these taste like girl scout lemonade cookies? Those are the only lemon flavored food I like and they're so delicious.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I honestly have no clue.. sorry. We don’t have Lemon Girl Scout cookies where I am in Canada and now I feel like I’ve been seriously missing out!
@kayaschupp9794
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets Oh no I'm sorry.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve added them to my list of foods I must try! If I do end up tracking them down I’ll come back and update this post to answer your question! ❤️
@kayaschupp9794
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets Thank you! ❤
Salted or unsalted butter??
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
You can use either, I use salted in all my recipes unless otherwise stated 😁
Can you substitute the lemon zest for lemon juice in the cookies?
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
Hello. substituting lemon juice would affect the texture, but you can omit the lemon zest altogether. It will result in less lemon flavour but still be tasty!
@MissVampish
10 күн бұрын
@CookieSweets maybe lemon extract / essence?
Can these be decorated after they set for 2 hours. I need a glaze that can be monogrammed on top of.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Hi! Unfortunately I don’t think this would be the best glaze to decorate on top of, I would be worried about colour bleed since this is such a wet glaze.
@purplerain9629
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets Aww. Thank you for your response. I really wanted to try them since I read how delicious they are in the comments. I'm doing a bridal shower and wanted to try my first attempt at monogrammed cookies.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Awe, I’m sorry! If you piped the monograms as transfers as let them fully set before adding them to the cookies, it would reduce the likeliness of the colour bleeding. Alternately I would suggest finding a lemon royal icing recipe and using that instead of the glaze.
@purplerain9629
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets Thank you for that brilliant idea.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome, I really hope they turn out for you! 😊❤️
What is a cup?
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
Hello! The weight in grams varies depending on what you are measuring, here’s some gram measurements for this recipe. One cup of butter = approx. 227 grams (1/2 cup butter = approx. 114 grams. ) 1 cup of flour = approx. 120 grams 1 cup powdered sugar = approx. 120 grams (1/3 cup = approx. 40 grams). Hope this helps!
@pouzinhocutu
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets thank you
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!!
can i use lemon concentrate I want to make without going to store
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
My apologies for the late response. By lemon concentrate do you mean lemon extract? If so you could definitely use a small amount mixed with some water in place of the lemon juice. If you’re referring to a lemonade concentrate in theory it should still work however it may yield slightly different (and likely sweeter) results. Hope this helped answer your question
I burnt the first few batches but these were good 😅
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that, I'm glad they eventually worked out for you!
I had to make this in the morning, to bake in the afternoon. So stuck them in the fridge. Also used bobs red mill gluten free flour 1:1 instead of regular flour. I am guessing the flour substitution wasn’t so good as the dough never really cake together. Was crumbly. Wasn’t able to roll it at all. Just broke off chunks and squished into the pan. And ate all the rest of the raw dough (delish). Will use regular flour next time… and bake straight away.
@CookieSweets
5 ай бұрын
Hello, I do not have experience with gluten free flour but have heard that it can affect the consistency and moisture content to I suspect that may have been the reason. If the dough was too cold it could have also caused it to be difficult to roll. I hope the next batch worked out!
Didn't work out, they amost melted in the oven even though the proportion with flour was right
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry to hear that the cookies didn’t work out for you! If you’d like I can try to help you trouble shoot
i dont know what tf i did wrong but these came out puddly and bubbly and ruined my day even more and i know its my fault but im really sad. and i need to get my feelings out. i apologize.
@CookieSweets
2 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry that your cookies didn’t turn out, I know how disappointing that can be, no need to apologize! Are you in Europe by chance? Here in Canada our butter is 80% milk fat (20% water) but I know that some European butter has a higher fat content (around 83% ) so this may have contributed to the overspreading. The most common reason shortbread cookies would overspread would be if there isn’t enough flour to hold the melted fat. If you do decide to try this recipe again I would recommend adding an extra 2 tablespoons of flour if the dough is still really soft/sticky. I hope this is helpful 😊
@Ltchg
2 жыл бұрын
@@CookieSweets thank you very much, i am european and im new to that information
They didn’t work out I don’t like them!
Heaven
@CookieSweets
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!