Lemon Sugar
A sweet but tart lemon cookie sprinkled with lemon zest sugar.
Ingredients
Lemon Sugar
- 4 TBS white sugar
- 2 TBS lemon zest
Lemon Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- lemon sugar
Instructions
Lemon Sugar
- In a small bowl stir together your sugar and lemon zest
- Spread sugar and zest out on parchment paper to dry
- When dry put in a jar or baggie to keep
- Store in a dry location
Lemon Sugar Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Line cookie sheets with parchment paper
- Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together
- In another medium bowl, cream butter and sugar together
- Add to butter/sugar; vanilla, egg, and lemon zest - stir
- Add flour mixture 1 cup at a time, stir between additions
- Scoop 1 inch balls onto the cookie sheets
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes
- Sprinkle warm cookies with a little lemon sugar
- Remove to rack to cool
- Serve warm and with milk