Lemon Sugar Cookies
Sweet and lemony, these cookies are a refreshing change from traditional sugar cookies.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cups white sugar
- 3 Tbsp lemon zest
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp lemon extract
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- additional white sugar for pressing cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, add sugar and lemon zest. Beat for 2-3 minutes to infuse the sugar with lemon.
- Add in the butter and continue beating until smooth and creamy.
- Beat in the eggs, vegetable oil, and lemon extract.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir until combined.
- Roll cookie dough into 1-inch balls and place 2-3 inches apart on prepared pans.
- Dip bottom of a flat bottomed glass in sugar and press down on each cookie dough ball until flat and about ⅛ of an inch thick.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until the edges of cookies are starting to turn brown.
- Cool on pan for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.