Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: butter; granulated sugar; powdered sugar; oil; sour cream; eggs; lemon juice; lemon zest; vanilla; dry ingredients; butter (for buttercream); cream cheese (for buttercream); lemon zest (for buttercream); lemon juice (for buttercream); vanilla (for buttercream); powdered sugar (for buttercream); powdered sugar (for dusting); lemon zest (extra, for topping)

40m

Serves 1

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Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

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40m

Serves 1

Directions

1In your mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar.
2Drizzle in some oil, followed by sour cream, eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla.
3Mix in half of your dry ingredients at a time until just combined.
4Let the dough chill for about 30 minutes.
5While the dough chills, make the lemon cream cheese buttercream by combining butter, cream cheese, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
6Portion your dough using a large cookie scoop, about 3 tablespoons of dough per cookie.
7Roll the dough into a ball in your hands.
8Bake 5 to 6 cookies per cookie sheet at a time at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.
9While the cookies are still hot, press a flat-bottom glass on top to create crinkled edges.
10Dust the cookies with powdered sugar.
11Top with the lemon cream cheese buttercream.
12Use an offset spatula to create a simple swirl.
13Top with some extra lemon zest.

Ingredients

butter
granulated sugar
powdered sugar
oil
sour cream
eggs
lemon juice
lemon zest
vanilla
dry ingredients
butter (for buttercream)
cream cheese (for buttercream)
lemon zest (for buttercream)
lemon juice (for buttercream)
vanilla (for buttercream)
powdered sugar (for buttercream)
powdered sugar (for dusting)
lemon zest (extra, for topping)

Equipment

mixerlarge cookie scoopcookie sheetflat-bottom glassoffset spatula

Tips

Drizzle in oil to keep cookies super soft.
Mix dry ingredients in halves until just combined.
Press a flat-bottom glass on hot cookies for crinkled edges.

Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

40m

Serves 1

tiktok.com

Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

tiktok.com

40m

Serves 1

Directions

1In your mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar.
2Drizzle in some oil, followed by sour cream, eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla.
3Mix in half of your dry ingredients at a time until just combined.
4Let the dough chill for about 30 minutes.
5While the dough chills, make the lemon cream cheese buttercream by combining butter, cream cheese, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
6Portion your dough using a large cookie scoop, about 3 tablespoons of dough per cookie.
7Roll the dough into a ball in your hands.
8Bake 5 to 6 cookies per cookie sheet at a time at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.
9While the cookies are still hot, press a flat-bottom glass on top to create crinkled edges.
10Dust the cookies with powdered sugar.
11Top with the lemon cream cheese buttercream.
12Use an offset spatula to create a simple swirl.
13Top with some extra lemon zest.