I love those recipes that we all grew up with, they are just too good to miss out on.These Lemon Sticky Butter Cookies are seven ingredient cookies that simply melt in your mouth. With the ease of a lemon cake mix, these cookies come together quickly and easily. So if you and yours are lemon lovers this is a must see.My whole family loves this recipe so much. If it were for them, I’d be making this every day! Give it a shot, you’ll love it!To Make this Recipe You’ Will Need the following ingredients:
Ingredients :
2¼ cups (270 grams) organic all-purpose flour, such as King Arthur Flour
2 teaspoons (about 8 grams) baking powder
1 (8-ounce/226-gram) package cream cheese, such as Philadelphia, softened
½ cup (1 stick/113 grams) unsalted butter, softened
1½ cups (300 grams) granulated sugar
2 tablespoons (12 grams) freshly grated lemon zest, from 2 large lemons
1½ tablespoons (22.5 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon (5 ml) pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon (a few drops) lemon oil, such as Boyajian -Omit for gluten-free variation.
1/8 teaspoon natural yellow gel based food coloring, such as CHEFMASTER
1 teaspoon (5 grams) kosher salt, or ¾ teaspoon regular table salt
1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk (mine weighed 71 grams w/o shells)
1 cup (120 grams) confectioners’ sugar, sifted, for rolling & dusting cookies
Directions:
Step 1:
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar for 4 minutes until it becomes smooth as cream, then add the eggs, vanilla, and lemon zest with its juice.
Step 2:
Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and food coloring, mix well, then make small cookies from the mixture.
Step 3:
We bake the pieces in the oven at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes, take them out of the oven, let them cool, and we can sprinkle coarse sugar on them to serve.
ENJOY!
