Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies

Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies

·         1/2 cup softened butter

·         1 cup sugar

·         1 egg

·         1 tsp vanilla extract

·         1/3 cup sour cream

·         2 TBSP lemon juice

·         1 TBSP lemon zest

·         1/2 tsp salt

·         1/2 tsp baking soda

·         2 cups all-purpose flour

Lemon Buttercream Frosting

·         1/2 cup softened butter

·         1  tsp vanilla

·         2 TBSP milk

·         2 TBSP lemon juice

·         1 TBSP lemon zest

·         4 cups powdered sugar

1.   Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2.   Cream together butter and sugar.  Add egg, vanilla, sour cream, lemon juice and zest.

3.   Gently whisk together dry ingredients in a separate bowl.

4.   Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix to combine. Continue process, adding 1/3 of the dry ingredients at a time until it’s all mixed in.

5.   Scoop out 1.5 TBSP of dough and roll into a ball. You can use a medium cookie scoop to make this process faster. Rolling the cookie ball is optional, but I wanted very pretty cookies, so I took the additional 5 seconds and rolled them individually. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet.

6.   Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Cool fully before frosting.

7.   To make the frosting:

8.   Mix butter, vanilla, milk, lemon juice and zest for 30 seconds with a mixer. Add in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until you reach your desired consistency.

9.   Transfer frosting to a piping bag with a closed star tip- I used a Wilton 2D. Begin piping in a tight circle in the middle of the cookie. Continue piping frosting in a circular motion until you reach the outside of the cookie. Frosting will set but I recommend not stacking cookies that have been frosted with a rosette so that you don’t squish them. Cookies frosted normally can be stacked though! 

Source  https://familycookierecipes.com

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