Lemony Sugar Cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 2¾ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup salted butter, softened
  • 1 egg
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 loosely packed Tablespoons lemon zest (about 2-3 lemons)
  • 4 teaspoons lemon juice (1-2 lemons depending on how juicy they are)
  • ½ cup granulated sugar for rolling and sprinkling
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt with a whisk.
  3. In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until consistent.
  4. Add egg, vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
  5. Gradually add in the dry ingredients.
  6. Roll tablespoon sized balls of dough in the extra sugar. Make sure they are perfectly round and roll them in the sugar again. Place them on a baking sheet, leaving room for them to spread (~2 in. apart).
  7. Before putting them in the oven sprinkle more sugar over the top (about ¼ teaspoon per cookie).
  8. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden and the middles are set.
  9. Let the cookies sit on the baking sheets for 2 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.
Yield: 2½ dozen cookies
Recipe by Birch Tree Baking at https://www.birchtreebaking.com/lemony-sugar-cookies/