How To Make Chewy Lemonade Sugar Cookies
Bring in the zestiness and tangy flavor of lemon to create delicious and chewy lemonade sugar cookies that will surely be a hit with kids and adults alike.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2 ¾cupsall-purpose flour
- ¾tspbaking soda
- ½tspcream of tartar
- ½tspsalt
- 1 ½cupsgranulated sugar
- 3tbspfresh lemon zest
- 1cupunsalted butter
- 1largeegg
- 1largeegg yolk
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ½cupunsalted buttersoftened
- 3cupspowdered sugar
- 2tbspfresh lemon juice
- 1tbspheavy cream
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt, set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment blend sugar and lemon zest for 30 seconds until sugar appears slightly yellow and is fragrant.
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Add butter and mix until combined. Mix in egg whites, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
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With the mixer set on low speed, gradually add in dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
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Scoop dough and shape into balls.
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Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone liner, spacing cookies 2-inches apart.
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Bake one sheet at a time in a preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
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Remove from oven and allow to rest several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Repeat the process until all of the dough has been used up.
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Once cookies are cool frost cookies with lemon frosting.
Frosting
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In the bowl of an electric stand mixer blend butter until smooth.
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Add in powdered sugar and lemon juice. Mix until slightly fluffy, while adding in cream to thin as needed.
Nutrition
- Calories: 2965.37kcal
- Fat: 191.57g
- Saturated Fat: 120.65g
- Trans Fat: 7.67g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 49.49g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.70g
- Carbohydrates: 308.77g
- Fiber: 3.44g
- Sugar: 211.17g
- Protein: 15.20g
- Cholesterol: 515.52mg
- Sodium: 1353.79mg
- Calcium: 80.01mg
- Potassium: 694.33mg
- Iron: 6.11mg
- Vitamin A: 1607.67µg
- Vitamin C: 1.10mg
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