Looking at these dainty little lemon drop cookies makes me envision them being served at tea time. Of course, I don’t actually have a tea time and mostly just drink iced tea rather than hot tea, but work with me here.
If you enjoy a lemon cookie which dissolves into your mouth, has a light texture and smaller size (so you can eat more!) then these are for you! They also work great for dunking into your coffee or tea.
Aren’t they pretty?
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar, divided
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Grated peel of 1 lemon (about 1 1/2 teaspoons)
Directions
Stir together flour and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and 3/4 cup powdered sugar with mixer at medium speed until flufy. Beat in lemon juice and lemon peel until blended.
Add the flour and salt mixture in 1/2 cup intervals but beating just until blended.
Bake for 20-25 minutes in a 300 degree oven or until cookies are lightly browned on the bottom. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
Sprinkle with remaining powdered sugar to get this beautifully elegant look!
These cookies have a light flavor and melt a bit in your mouth.
The size is perfect for letting me indulge in more than one cookie at a time with little guilt!
This recipe is from the KitchenAid Recipe Collection
Disclosure: I received a copy of this cookbook as a gift from KitchenAid but my thoughts and opinions remain 100% my own. Yours may differ.
These look great, can’t wait to try them. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
YUM! I love those cookies and I have not had one in ages! I will have to make some now, thanks for the recipe
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These lemon cookies look fabulous! What a great idea for spring. I also am extremely envious of your green Kitchen Aid mixer. That particular shade of green is my favorite color.
Oh yum, these look amazing! I LOVE lemon stuff especially in the summer. So refreshing! Your pictures are awesome!
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Wow, they’re gorgeous! I made some for my teacher at our end of 6th grade party, and she loved them!
Yum! Just made these for a potluck. How big do you usually make them/how many did you recipe make?
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I’ve made these cookies many times and everyone loves them! I am wondering…my mother-in-law is diabetic so is there something I could replace the powdered sugar with? Thank you!
You could try this mixture of dry milk powder, cornstarch and splenda!
http://www.grouprecipes.com/104313/confectioners-sugar-replacement-for-diabetics—sugar-free.html
Hope that helps and good luck!
what is your Yield? . 40?
Thanks for this recipe. These cookies aresimply amazing.
Stuart