Two of my favorite things on EARTH… lemon and COOKIES!!
If you have just joined me here, you may not know about my love affair with all things lemon. It’s truly one of my MOST FAVORITE flavors of all. Though I love to bake, I am not tempted by a lot of baked goods…. with the exception of COOKIES. I think it’s just they are so little, and portable, and you feel like “one couldn’t hurt….” (followed by another and another….)
I found this lemon cookie recipe on Pinterest a while back, and couldn’t wait to make them! Then my sister came to see me the weekend of my birthday, from San Diego. Guess what she brought me??
FRESH LEMONS from her gorgeous backyard!!
She has a backyard that should be in Better Homes and Gardens. I am so envious of it!!
And I seriously LOVE her lemon trees!!
Teresa and Me in downtown Omaha
I made these cookies, and then shipped a special care package to her for her and her hubby to enjoy. They loved them!
I know that you will too!
They come together quickly and easily. I followed the original recipe exactly. The first batch I made I baked the cookies with the dough balls placed on the cookies sheet as per the recipe. The cookies didn’t flatten for me?
The rest of the cookies I baked after taking a glass and pressing the cookies down a bit before baking.
Here they are all boxed and ready for a SPECIAL DELIVERY to someone VERY special to ME!
Love ya, sis!
xxoo
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In your mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, whip together butter, sugar and lemon zest on medium-high speed, until mixture is pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Blend in egg, then egg yolk. Mix in lemon juice and vanilla extract. Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Scoop dough out by the heaping Tablespoonfuls, form dough into balls and drop onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. With the bottom of a glass, gently "flatten" the dough ball. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 9 - 11 minutes (for a gooier cookie closer to 9 and a more set, fluffy cookie more near 11). Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet several minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool. Drizzle slightly warm cookies with **Lemon Glaze. Store in a single layer in an airtight container. **Lemon Glaze In a small mixing bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to reach a drizzle-able consistency. Pour mixture into a resealable bag, seal bag and cut a small tip off one corner then drizzle glaze over cookies. Allow glaze to set at room temperature.Chewy Glazed Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
30
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 99 Total Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 3g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 31mg Sodium: 98mg Carbohydrates: 13g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 12g Protein: 1g
Love Lemon like I do?? I bet you would love these other Lemon Recipes! I have a couple favorites here… or simply search “lemon” to get ALL of them!
Lemonade Cupcakes with Raspberry Filling
NO BAKE – Lemon Raspberry Cheesecakes
If you make this recipe, I’d love to know! Snap a picture, share the photo on social media with the hashtag #AnAffairFromTheHeart – I’d love to see what you made! – Michaela
Platter Talk says
July 23, 2014 at 12:53 pmI can’t imagine how these could look any more inviting, especially as a summer treat. Thank you so much for this awesome cookie recipe! Beautifully done!
Debi @ Life Currents says
July 23, 2014 at 2:31 pmThis sounds awesome! Lemon cookies are one of my favorites! And, chewy goodness ones like this have to rock! Your pictures are awesome as well! drool drool! 🙂
Nicole Neverman says
July 23, 2014 at 4:06 pmOh my!! What beautiful little cookies! I love these. I’m also super pleased to see I have all the required ingredients 🙂 I love the lemon glaze too, great touch.
Teresa says
July 23, 2014 at 6:29 pmMy Sweet, Awesome Sister couldn’t be any more talented!! These cookies were almost too beautiful to eat….Almost!! 🙂
I wish we could hang out everyday, but then we would be Huge!!
Kala, you definitely have many gifts, but your excellence in the kitchen is one that brings happiness to so many people.
Sending you much love and hugs until we are back in the same place. xoxo
-T
P.S. Not one beautiful, delicious lemon cookie was broken! Thank you again for your thoughtfulness & creativity!
Michaela Kenkel says
July 25, 2014 at 1:57 pmI love you to pieces, my sister!! I would bring you cookies every day if I could!! (peanut free of course!) xxoo Miss you ooxx
Renee's Kitchen Adventures says
July 23, 2014 at 7:39 pmI’m pretty smitten for just about anything lemon!
Sandra - The Foodie Affair says
July 23, 2014 at 10:31 pmGoodness these lemon cookies look scrumptious! What a cute care package you made too!
Joanne T Ferguson says
July 24, 2014 at 1:50 amG’day! Your lemon cookies sounds and looks delish! Wish I could try one now with my coffee!
Cheers! Joanne @ What’s On The List
Aunt Bee says
July 24, 2014 at 2:35 amUp at 2:30 AM and all I can think about are these DANG Lemon Cookies!!! They look SO good!!!!
Kecia says
July 24, 2014 at 2:03 pmI can just about smell the lemons on that tree, what gorgeous cookies!
Joanne/WineLady Cooks says
September 15, 2014 at 11:52 amWe are lemon fans here as well as cookie fans. Can’t wait to try your chewy glazed Lemon Cookie recipe. My grandson is always asking me if I can find a recipe for a chewy cookie, I try but haven’t found one until now, this maybe the ‘one’ he’s looking for.
Joanne
Teresabear says
March 22, 2015 at 2:45 pmThese cookies are incredible! I can’t get over how moist they are and stay. I have to make these cookies at least once every two weeks. My husband doesn’t care for them glazed, he’s not into really sweet things, so I leave his plain. But my son can’t get enough of them! Everybody who has tried these cookies falls in love. This recipe is worth every single calorie!
Michaela Kenkel says
March 22, 2015 at 10:00 pmTeresa, Comments like your are the reason I do what I do!! thank you so much for your positive feedback! <3 I am so happy your family is enjoying this recipe!
Shari says
March 29, 2018 at 1:30 pmI made these today, exactly as written, and I was compelled to write. This is the best, most delicious lemon cookie I have ever tasted! We have a lemon tree, and lots of lemons to use, and now, with this recipe, I am in trouble! Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe.
Michaela Kenkel says
March 29, 2018 at 8:24 pmShari- you just absolutely made my day!! Thank you so much for sharing with me! ?