Best Giant Lemon Sugar Cookies Real Lemon Recipes

GIANT LEMON SUGAR COOKIES - REAL LEMON

Steps:

• 1. Prepare lemon sugar: In a mini food processor (I used my regular Cuisinart), blend 1/2 cup of sugar with 1 teaspoon lemon zest. Pulse several times until the lemon zest is incorporated into the sugar. Put sugar mixture in a shallow bowl and stir lightly with a fork to break up any clumps. Set aside.
• 2. Prepare cookie dough: In a medium bowl, stir together flour, salt, cream of tartar, and bakign soda. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and remaining 1 1/2 cups of sugar. Blend in eggs, one at a time; add vanilla, lemon juice, and remaining lemon zest. Add the flour mixture, one cup at a time, blending well after each addition until all flour is incorporated.
• 3. Refrigerate dough for one hour.
• 4. Preheat oven to 350. Shape cookies using a jumbo cookie scoop or your hands; shape two tablespoons of dough into a ball and roll in lemon sugar. Place ball of dough on prepared cookie sheet and press down lightly with the bottom of a glass until cookie is about 1/2 inch thick. Repeat. Six cookies will fit on one 18 x 13 baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

GIANT LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN @ 350 degrees BAKE 10-12 Minutes . . MAKES 24 GIANT cookies
• 2. 1st. Prepare LEMON SUGAR: In mini food processor, blend 1/2 C sugar with 1 tsp LEMON ZEST. pulse several times till incorporated well into the sugar. Place in shallow bowl and SET ASIDE.
• 3. PREPARE COOKIE DOUGH: Stir together Flour salt Cream of tartar and baking soda, set aside.
• 4. In large Mixing bowl, CREAM together BUTTER, and remaining 1 1/2 C sugar, Blend in eggs, one at a time, thn add Vanilla, lemon juice, and remaining Lemon Zest.
• 5. ADD FLOUR MIXTURE, one cupat a time, blending well after each cup until well incorporated. CHILL DOUGH 1 HR.
• 6. SHAPE THE COOKIES: using a jumbo cookie scoop or your hands, Shape 2 TBS full of dough into a ball then roll into lemon sugar.
• 7. Place on Cookie sheet Flatten, by pressing lightly down with bottom of a glass util cookie is about 1/2" thick. REPEAT.
• 8. (6) cookies will fit on one 18" X 13" baking sheet.

MOM'S LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and extract. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours., Preheat oven to 375°. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 7-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars and oil until blended. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; stir into butter mixture (dough will be stiff)., Roll into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press with bottom of a glass dipped in water, then in sugar. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.