Recipes And Tricks For Making Lemon Cookies

Do you like lemon cookies? If the answer is yes, keep reading because you may love this article. Here we show you 3 different homemade recipes ideal for any occasion. Even to indulge yourself!

We also offer you  15 tricks and two additional icing recipes so that your cookies are perfect  without much effort, money and time. Do not miss it!

1. Recipe # 1 for lemon cookies

Ingredients:

• 500 grams of flour.
• 200 grams of icing sugar.
• 1 egg.
• 1 lemon and lemon zest.
• 130 grams of butter to the point of cream.
• 1 pinch of salt.
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional).

Preparation mode:

• First, mix all the ingredients until you have a compact dough.
• Then we put it in the fridge for 30 to 45 minutes.
• We take it out and make balls, then crush them into cookies.
• Then we put them in the oven for 15 minutes at 150ºC.

2. Recipe No. 2 lemon cookies with cornstarch

Ingredients:

• 100 grams of gluten-free flour.
• 150 grams of cornstarch.
• 100 grams of icing sugar.
• 100 grams of butter.
• 2 egg yolks.
• 1 teaspoon of yeast.
• 40 grams of milk.
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional).

Preparation mode:

• First we mix the dry ingredients: the flour, the yeast and the cornstarch.
• Then we add the rest of the ingredients, except the milk.
• When we have the dough. we add the milk and knead.
• Let it rest in the fridge for between 30 and 45 minutes.
• We make the cookies and put them in the oven preheated to 200ºC and lower it to about 150ºC for about 15 or 20 minutes and that’s it.

3. Recipe No. 3 lemon cookies with condensed milk

Ingredients:

• 400 grams of flour.
• 150 grams of condensed milk.
• 150 grams of butter at room temperature.
• 1 egg.
• Zest of 1 lemon.
• One teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional).

Preparation mode:

• First, mix all the ingredients in a bowl, except for the flour.
• Second, add the flour and knead.
• Then put the dough in the fridge for 30-45 minutes.
• Take out the cookies.
• Finally, we put them in the oven preheated to 200ºC and lower it to 150ºC, for 15-20 minutes and that’s it.

How to make a good icing for your lemon cookies

The frosting is very simple to make. Next, we show you the 2 basic ways to make a good frosting.

Recipe 1

• Mix 150 grams of sifted icing sugar and juice of 1 lemon.
• Spread the mixture over the cookies and top with some lemon zest as a garnish.
• Let them dry.

Recipe 2

• Hand-beat an egg white without whipping it.
• Add the sifted icing sugar little by little while continuing to beat.

• Finally add the juice of 1 lemon.
• Spread it on the cookies and let it get hard.

15 tricks to make your cookies perfect

1. Use only good quality products.
2. Always use icing sugar  so that your cookies have a super fine texture.
3. Always add the butter to the point of cream.
4. Never forget to sift the flour, yeast, and cornstarch.
5. It is very important that you measure the exact amount of flour, so that your cookies are not dry or hard.
6.  Always put the dough in the refrigerator, wrapped in plastic  wrap so that it does not take on other flavors.
7. Always prepare cookies when the dough is very cold.
8. When you go to roll out the dough,  do not use too much flour on the table so that the cookies do not dry out.
9. The best way to roll out the dough is on a parchment paper.
10. If you’re using a cookie cutter, dip it into flour first so the cookie dough doesn’t stick to it.
11. Cut the cookies very close to each other, this way you will avoid having to re-knead the rest of the dough that you have left.
12. Use a metal spatula to move them from the table to the baking tray, this will prevent them from breaking.
13. Maintain a reasonable separation between the cookies when they are on the baking sheet, to prevent them from sticking together during cooking.
14. The baking sheet must be at room temperature and the oven preheated.
15. It is very important that you know your oven well. Not all heat in the same way, only with practice you will get it.

The best way to preserve cookies

• Use an airtight container or cookie tin.
• Store the cookies when they are totally cold.
• Put parchment paper between cookie and cookie inside the box.
• If you want you can freeze them. To defrost them, do it at room temperature or in the oven for 10 minutes at 160ºC.