Recipe #10: Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies from Family Cookie Recipes
Description
Enjoy Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies, which bring a burst of fresh lemon flavor in a soft sugar cookie, elegantly piped with a simple rosette.
Ingredient Summary
This recipe makes lemon cookies with a rich buttery base that includes softened butter, sugar, and sour cream for moisture. Flavor is added with fresh lemon juice, zest, and vanilla extract.
The texture comes from a combination of all-purpose flour, salt, and baking soda. The cookies are topped with a lemon buttercream frosting made from more butter, vanilla extract, milk, lemon juice, zest, and powdered sugar for sweetness.
Recipe Summary
Preheat the oven and prepare a baking sheet. Cream butter and sugar, then mix in egg, vanilla, sour cream, lemon juice, and zest. Gradually add dry ingredients. Scoop the dough, form into balls, and bake for 10 minutes.
For the frosting, blend butter, vanilla, milk, lemon juice, and zest, then gradually add powdered sugar. Pipe the frosting onto cooled cookies using a star tip and serve.
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