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Glazed Lemon Cake Cookies

January 25, 2019

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Go beyond typical lemon desserts and make these amazing lemon cake cookies with lemon icing! 

glazed lemon cake cookies createdbydiane.com

 

I’m a HUGE lemon fan, I wasn’t always and have no idea what I was thinking except it wasn’t popular or offered as much to me when I was young.

I do love lemon now and find so many uses for lemon in cooking and baking.

More lemon recipes to try:

  • Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
  • Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
  • Triple Lemon Cake
  • Lemon Shortbread with Lemon Curd

lemon cake cookie recipe with lemon icing from createdbydiane.com

 

I use  lemon baking emulsion to give all my lemon baked items a delicious lemon flavor.

Baking emulsions don’t have the same amount of alcohol as typical lemon extracts do, which means as soon as you open them and take a whiff you’ll smell the difference,

they taste great…

they are SO worth ordering (HERE) or taking a trip to a baking supply store to get it.

I’ve tried lemon extract from grocery stores and warehouse stores, and craft stores and trust me there is a huge difference in flavor.

The icing is really tangy and delicious and so full of flavor which pairs so well with these cookies its a yummy tanginess that melts on your tongue.

Diane food blogger at www.createdbydiane.com dipping lemon cake cookies into lemon icing

 

I either use a silicone brush to apply the icing and sometimes just dip them into the icing and let the excess drip off the edges.

 

Oh, those little drips are my favorite part!

 

Glazed Lemon Cake Cookies
 
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Serves: 22 cookies
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract or lemon baking emulsion
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoons salt
Lemon Glaze Icing
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon baking emulsion
  • 1 tablespoon corn syrup
  • 1 tiny drop egg yellow food coloring ( I used americolor brand)
  • add hot water a teaspoon at a time until desired consistency is achieved
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. In large mixer bowl beat butter until fluffy, add in sugar and blend completely.
  3. Mix in eggs, lemon juice, lemon flavor, vanilla flavor, and sour cream until completely combined on medium.
  4. Add in flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.
  5. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  6. Place 3 tablespoon size scoops of cookie dough on baking sheets without crowding them, they are large cookies and they will spread as they bake.
  7. Bake at 350° for18 minutes.
  8. Cookies will be golden on the bottom and baked nicely, they will continue to bake slightly on the baking sheet as they cool, do not overbake the cookies or they will be dry.
  9. Leave cookies on a baking sheet to cool.
  10. MIx all ingredients for icing until smooth and use a silicone brush to slather the icing onto the tops of the cookies or hold the cookies by the edge and dip them into the icing and let the excess run off.
  11. Allow icing to dry completely (they can be left on the baking sheets overnight if you prefer to bake them a day ahead of serving)
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6 Comments Filed Under: Cookies, FAVORITES, Frosting/Icing, Spring-Easter, Sweet Tagged With: Cookies, Icing, lemon

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Comments

  1. L says

    January 26, 2019 at 10:41 am

    I’m hoping the 3 cups of baking powder listed in the ingredients is suppose to be flour.

    Reply
    • Diane says

      January 26, 2019 at 5:31 pm

      oops sorry for the error (but thanks so much for letting me know I made a mistake) I adjusted the recipes it’s 3 cups all-purpose flour, (no baking powder)

  2. Kelli says

    April 20, 2019 at 11:13 pm

    Ingredients list calls for sour cream but directions forgets to add the ingredient. I noticed as I was putting away ingredients while my first batch was baking. I added in a third of a cup to the remaining batter. Both batches, with and without the sour cream, are…
    Amazing!!! 🥰

    Reply
    • Diane says

      April 22, 2019 at 9:54 pm

      I’m glad it worked out, I adjusted the recipe and it now says where to add the sour cream, thanks for mentioning the error. thankfully they cake out ok for you, the sour cream makes them moist and a little more dense than without, but doesn’t adjust the flavor itself much.

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