Glazed Soft Lemon Cookies
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The recipe for these amazing Glazed Soft Lemon Cookies are literally the best cookies for spring and summer! Light and lemony…I wanted to eat them all. These soft lemon cookies are delectable, thick, soft, pillowy bakery style cookies. Mmmm…sooo good!
Like this Easy No-Bake Lemon Pie Dessert, these Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies and this Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie! We love lemon desserts!
Why We Love These Super Soft Lemon Glazed Sugar Cookies
- These super soft lemon glazed sugar cookies are truly unique and delicious treat.
- Easy to make, no chilling the dough, so you make and bake and glaze!
- Combining the flavorful tartness of lemons with the comfort of a soft, fluffy sugar cookie, this one-of-a-kind combination of flavors will delight everyone!
- The soft and chewy center of these lemon glazed sugar cookies will surely satisfy any craving when it comes with freshly-baked, homemade treats.
- You can taste the lemony sunshine bursting right through these cookies each time you bite into these delightful gems.
- The yummy layer of sweet and tart lemon icing glaze on top makes it the ultimate lemon explosion cookie package.
- I can’t even explain to you how good these taste, but you’ll have to make these and let me know if you’re on the same page when it comes to lemon.
These super soft lemon glazed sugar cookies are sure to delight the taste buds. So refreshing to taste and lucky for all of us, this soft lemon cookie recipe is pretty easy to make.
This recipe makes approximately 18 cookies and I guarantee they will not last long if you take them to a party or let the family at ’em. We included it in our 30 Mother’s Day Desserts for Mom as well, because I know for a fact, my mom would love these, since she’s a lemon lover!
So, are you ready to imagine the sweetness of lemon sugar cookies, softened with a light and zesty lemon glaze?
Ingredients You Need
Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies
- butter
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- almond milk or milk of choice
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- fresh lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
- Optional: 1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest *see notes
Lemon Icing Glaze
- powdered sugar
- fresh lemon juice (1 & 1/2 lemons)
- almond milk or milk
Instructions How to Make Soft Lemon Cookie Recipe
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
How to Make the Lemon Cookie Dough
- In a medium bowl, make the flour mixture. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
- In another large bowl, using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in lemon juice, milk, eggs, vanilla, almond milk and lemon zest optional and continue mixing until combined.
- Add ½ of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix. Add rest of the flour and mix together until combined.
Baking the Super Soft Lemon Glazed Sugar Cookies
- Using a medium size cookie scoop, drop scooped cookies out on parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake about 8-10 minutes, or until cookies do not sink or imprint when lightly touched on top. Do not over-bake. Cookies should not be brown.
- Let cookies set for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack and then frost with the lemon icing!
Preparing the Lemon Glaze
- In a shallow bowl, mix powdered sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Add in milk and continue stirring until mixed well and it’s a nice thick consistency, yet pourable.
- Dip cooled cookies in icing and allow to set on a cookie rack.
Storing Lemon Cookies
- Store the glazed lemon cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for about 3 days. Make sure the glaze has completely hardened before storing on top of each other and keep them away from heat.
More Variations
- If you don’t have lemons, you could use lemon extract as a substitute.
- Try using oranges or limes to change the citrusy vibe with other fruity flavors!
- If you want more yellow color in your cookies, add some yellow food coloring to get the color desired.
With this recipe, you can have the texture of homemade bakery-quality super soft lemon glazed sugar cookies anytime you want them! This easy-to-follow recipe is sure to wow all. A delicious twist on the traditional fluffy sugar cookie, these sweet and zesty treats will have you coming back for more.
Seriously, I wanted to eat the whole dang batch of these Glazed Soft Lemon Cookies and I’m a chocolate girl, but that doesn’t stop me from loving all the other desserts out there. That’s why I’m here…sharing my passion for desserts and eating them all along the journey. LOL!
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Super Soft Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
Lemon Sugar Cookies
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup almond milk you can use regular milk as well
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ¼ cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 lemon
- Optional: 1 Tbsp lemon zest
Lemon Icing Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 & 1/2 lemons
- 1 tablespoon almond milk or milk
Instructions
Lemon Sugar Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
- In another bowl, using a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in lemon juice, milk, eggs, vanilla, almond milk and lemon zest optional and continue mixing until combined.
- Add 1/2 of the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix. Add rest of the flour and mix together until combined.
- Using a medium size cookie scoop, drop scooped cookies out on parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake about 8-10 minutes, or until cookies do not sink or imprint when lightly touched on top. Do not over-bake. Cookies should not be brown.
- Let cookies set for a couple of minutes on the baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack and then frost with the lemon icing!
Lemon Icing Glaze:
- In a shallow bowl, mix powdered sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Add in milk and continue stirring until mixed well and it's a nice thick consistency, yet pourable.
- Dip cooled cookies in icing and allow to set on a cookie rack.
- After icing has set, seal cookies for keep soft.
Recipe slightly modified from A Latte Food
Awesome! 🙂 How fun to have family from Germany! My husband’s family is from Germany! Enjoy!!
Thank you so much for answering so fast. I’m baking them right now. Baking for My family coming from Germany for Easter.
Yes you can. You can freeze it for up to three months. The cookies should be kept in the airtight container at room temperature for at least two hours before being allowed to thaw. I would frost after the fact, but it is up to you. Hope you enjoy, they are soooo good!
Can you freeze these cookies
I used a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop. Hope you enjoy!!
What size cookie scoop did you use for these lemon glazed cookies?
They are so yummy! I hope you try them Alyssa! Thank you for commenting! xo
These look incredible!!! I love anything lemon or lime!!
Mmmm I love the addition of tart lemon flavor to super soft cookies! Plus I am always up for a cookie that has a glaze on it 🙂
Hi Myra! I wouldn’t recommend using a cookie cutter, it’s a sticky soft cookie dough. You could always try these Soft Buttermilk {Cutout} Cookies & Icing and add some lemon extract and still use the same glaze as another option. Hope that helps dear! Happy Thanksgiving!
Would this cookie dough work well for a cookie cutter? These would be perfect for a baby shower
Sherri,
Thinking of some reasons. Lemon Zest: It’s optional on the zest if you want it or not, but yes 1 tablespoon is good. However, if you zest too much of the pith of the lemon, the white stuff under the lemon outer rind, it can be bitter. Baking powder: The normal proportion is about 1 to 2 teaspoons per 1 cup of flour and this uses 3 1/4 cups. This link explains more about baking powder. Other than that, I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you Sherri. 🙁 Thank you, I appreciate your feedback.
https://www2.shaftek.org/personal/writing/baking-powder-and-bitter-taste-january-20th-2007/
I made these cookies exactly like the recipe, using 1/2 Tbsp. lemon zest in the cookie dough recipe. The cookies had a bitter after taste. Is the measurement of 4 tsp. baking powder correct? It seemed like a lot. If i make them again, I would use at least 1 whole Tbsp. of lemon zest.
Your Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies have become a staple in my house. So excited to try this recipe, it’s perfect for the spring time!
LOL Maria! I probably spend way too much trying to figure out my titles of recipes, so I’m glad you approve! 🙂 These cookies are the bomb and you would probably finish the batch…not even lying here.. 🙂
I would love to Katherine!! These are amazing, and I’m not even pregnant with the cravings like someone I know, but I can’t stop.:) Thank you Katherine, I know you would love these!
Let me begin by saying that I’m becoming a fan of your recipe titles:) Such soft cookies with lemon glaze sounds so amazingly delicious. I might just finish the entire batch, YUM.
How much do you love me? Enough to send me a dozen of these!? Haha these sound so good Kim. I love super soft anything, but lemon!? These are pretty much amazing.
Thank you so much Leanne! I’m in love with these right now for spring!
IKR!? I’m getting all jiggy with the lemon! LOL! Thank you Kelsie!!
You are so sweet Kelly and so right! xo Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!! I am ecstatic to have your vote! 🙂
Thank you so much Laura! I say there’s room for all desserts. 🙂 Yay!
Wow! These sound spectacular! And I’m a chocolate girl, too! I’m all about the citrus these past few weeks though, so these may happily be in my future! Pinning!
You have my vote dear Kim ; chocolate or not 🙂 Thank you !
OHMYGOODNESS! I want to eat all of these too. I loooooove lemon desserts! And I just can’t get enough of them right now!
These are perfect for Spring Kim! I wouldn’t even miss my chocolate if I had a plate of these lemony cookies 🙂 XOXO
These cookies really look pillowy Kim! And I love that glaze! Lemon is such a perfect flavour for spring!