These skinny lemon cookies are crisp, buttery, and stuffed with vibrant citrus taste. A easy slice-and-bake deal with that melts in your mouth and pairs completely with espresso or tea.

 

These skinny lemon cookies are a lightweight and refreshing deal with with vibrant citrus taste, excellent for spring or any time of yr. They’re crisp and delicate, with a crunchier texture than my tender lemon sugar cookies or Italian lemon cookies.

As slice-and-bake lemon cookies, they’re straightforward to prep forward and hold within the fridge or freezer till you’re able to bake. In the event you want one thing faster, my lemon drop cookies come collectively quick and nonetheless ship that very same zesty lemon taste.

Why I Love This Straightforward Lemon Cookie Recipe

• A basic: The fantastic thing about these skinny and crisp lemon cookies lies of their simplicity. They’re made with only a few primary components, but they disappear from the cookie tray!
• Excellent for lemon lovers: Made with each lemon juice and zest, every chunk of the skinny cookies is full of vibrant citrus taste, crisp edges and a lightweight and ethereal texture.

Ingredient Notes

• All-purpose flour: Offers the crisp lemon skinny cookie construction.
• Salt: Only a pinch enhances taste and balances the sweetness (use a bit extra if utilizing unsalted butter).
• Baking soda: Provides lightness and helps the crispy cookies unfold simply the correct amount.
• Butter: Supplies richness and that melt-in-your-mouth crisp texture for a buttery lemon cookie.
• Granulated sugar: Sweetens the dough and helps create golden, crispy edges.
• Egg: Binds the components and provides a little bit of tenderness. 
• Vanilla extract: Provides a heat, delicate taste that enhances the lemon.
• Lemon juice and zest: Provides vibrant, tangy citrus taste to each chunk of the skinny and crispy lemon cookies.
• Garnish: Lemon zest and granulated sugar.

Find out how to Make Skinny Lemon Cookies

To start out, whisk collectively the flour, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl, then set it apart. Subsequent, within the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the softened butter and sugar till gentle and fluffy, add within the egg, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest then combine till effectively mixed.

Stir within the dry components simply till every thing comes collectively. Cowl dough and place in fridge to relax. As soon as the dough is agency, form it right into a log. Wrap it in plastic wrap then chill once more both within the fridge or freezer till very agency. This makes slicing a lot simpler and helps the lemon thins hold their form.

When able to bake the cookies, line baking sheets with parchment paper. Slice dough into very skinny rounds, place on the baking sheet and sprinkle the tops with sugar and lemon zest. Bake till golden across the edges, then cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes earlier than transferring to a wire rack to chill utterly.

Baking Ideas

• Chill the dough completely: Guarantee dough is well-chilled earlier than slicing. This maintains the lemon slice and bake cookies’ form throughout baking and prevents an excessive amount of unfold.
• Use a pointy knife for slicing: A pointy knife permits for clear, skinny slices, contributing to the crispy lemon cookies crisp texture.​
• House cookies adequately: Place cookies at the very least 2 inches aside on the baking sheet, as they have a tendency to unfold throughout baking.
• Keep away from overbaking: Solely bake the lemon cookies recipe till the perimeters flip a lightweight golden brown. The facilities ought to look pale, guaranteeing they nonetheless have a fragile crunch.

Variations

• Brown butter base: Swap common butter for brown butter so as to add a wealthy, nutty taste that enhances the intense lemon fantastically. Simply let it cool earlier than creaming with the sugar.
• Lemon glaze drizzle: For an additional lemony punch, whisk collectively powdered sugar and contemporary lemon juice to make a easy glaze like I do in my lemon shortbread cookies.
• Additional zesty sugar prime: Rub the lemon zest into the sugar earlier than sprinkling it on prime of the lemon crisp cookies. It brings out the oils and makes the citrus taste vibrant.
• Thicker slice choice: For a chewier cookie, slice the dough barely thicker and bake simply till the perimeters are golden, maintaining the facilities tender.

Make-Forward and Storage

• Make forward: The cookie dough log will be wrapped effectively and frozen for as much as 2 months. Simply slice and bake straight from the freezer including an additional minute or two to the baking time.
• Storage: As soon as utterly cooled, retailer the crispy lemon cookies in an hermetic container at room temperature as much as 5 days.
• Freeze: Freeze baked skinny lemon cookies in a freezer safe-container for as much as one month. Carry to room temperature earlier than serving.

Extra Lemon Cookie Recipes

In the event you too are a lover of all issues lemon then I hope you get pleasure from these Skinny Lemon Cookies. Take pleasure in!

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