Old-Fashioned Lemon Sugar Cookies
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 6 g fresh lemon zest (1 lemon)
- 32 g fresh lemon juice (1 lemon)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large whole eggs
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
- Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl and set aside.
- Put sugars and lemon zest in the bowl of an electric mixer (paddle attachment if available) and mix at medium speed for about 30 seconds (until well blended).
- Add butter, mix at medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Mix in eggs, one at a time, at medium speed, then add lemon juice and continue mixing at medium speed for about 30 seconds.
- Reduce speed and gradually add flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
- Chill mixture for at least 15 minutes.
- Drop cookie dough onto non-stick cookie sheets spaced 2 inches apart.
- Place remaining cookie mixture in refrigerator and cookie sheet(s) in freeze for 15 minutes.
- Using the flat bottom of a drinking glass, press the cookies till about 1/2 inch thick.
- If desired, sprinkle cookies with sanding sugar and brush lightly with wet pastry brush. Sprinkle with more sanding sugar to taste.
- Return to freezer for approximately 5 minutes.
- Bake at 350u0b0 for 15 minutes.
- Let cool on sheets for 3 minutes and transfer cookies to cookie rack and cool.
- Repeat from step 8 till cookie mixture is depleted.
- Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.
- Finished cookies should weigh just about 21 grams and measure about 3 1/4 inches in diameter.
allpurpose, baking soda, salt, sugar, light brown sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, unsalted butter, eggs
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-lemon-sugar-cookies-252521 (may not work)