# Soft Lemon Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

These are the best lemon sugar cookies, made with real lemon and topped with lemon cream cheese frosting.

- Total time: 40 min
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## 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)

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- mixer
- large cookie scoop
- cookie sheet
- flat-bottom glass
- offset 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThYrNqgg/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7532f61c-c657-4437-a78b-e01999837caf
- Extracted: 2026-01-10

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