Today I’m going to show you how to make Lemon Cookies Recipe. These soft and rich egg yolk cookies will be one of your favorites to make with the leftover egg yolks from making Meringue Cookies, Italian Meringue buttercream or an Angel Food Cake.
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
50g sugar
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tsp vanilla extract
30g soften butter
150g sifted flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
25g sour cream
Step 1
In a large mixing bowl combine the egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Whisk until all the ingredients are incorporated. Add soften butter and whisk again.
Step 2
Add the flour, baking powder and salt and start mixing with a spatula. When the flour has absorbed all the liquid ingredients, add the sour cream and keep mixing the dough. When mixing with a spatula becomes too hard to do, start kneading the dough with your hands. The dough should turn out very soft and not stick to your hands.
Step 3
To form the cookies, tear off a small piece of dough and roll into a ball the size of a walnut. Flatten it a little and place on the baking sheet covered with parchment paper or Teflon sheet. Bake it at 350 F degrees for 15-18 minutes. Let them cool completely and dust with the powdered sugar.
These cookies have very a soft texture with a bright lemon flavor.
Notes:
Store in an airtight container or a Ziplock.
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Lemon Cookies Recipe | Egg Yolk Cookies Recipe
These cookies have very a soft texture with a bright lemon flavor.
- 3 egg yolks
- 50 g sugar
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 30 g soften butter
- 150 g sifted flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 25 g sour cream
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In a large mixing bowl combine the egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Whisk until all the ingredients are incorporated. Add soften butter and whisk again.
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Add the flour, baking powder and salt and start mixing with a spatula. When the flour has absorbed all the liquid ingredients, add the sour cream and keep mixing the dough. When mixing with a spatula becomes too hard to do, start kneading the dough with your hands. The dough should turn out very soft and not stick to your hands.
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To form the cookies, tear off a small piece of dough and roll into a ball the size of a walnut. Flatten it a little and place on the baking sheet covered with parchment paper or Teflon sheet. Bake it at 350 F degrees for 15-18 minutes. Let them cool completely and dust with the powdered sugar.
Store in an airtight container or a Ziplock.
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I like the lemon cookies very much. Thank you for recipe. I shall be looking for more of your recipes.
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I stuck to the recipe but the mixture was well sticky. I had to keep flouring my hands to try to knead it. Also I would check these at 9/10 minutes as I cooked them for only 12 and they are well done. Not tried them yet as they are still cooling.
Why mix grams, and spoons? The cookies taste good but I would like them to be more lemony so instead of dusting with sugar I mixed icing sugar with lemon juice and drizzle them They taste good!