Yesterday during my mini baking spree thanks to the snow I decided to make some sugar cookies. We are planning to drive to Callaway Gardens on Sunday, so I thought these would be a perfect snack to take with us. We did both sneak a few last night, but then I quickly put them away before Nathan ate them all!
Old-Fashioned Sugatr Cookies {from Martha Stewart’s Cookies}
Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp coarse salt
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tbs finely grated lemon zest
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbs fresh lemon juice
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Put sugars and zest in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed 30 seconds. Add butter; mix until pale and fluffy, about one minute. Mix in eggs one at a time, and then the lemon juice. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture.
- Using a 2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto parchment paper – lined baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly.
- Bake cookies until golden, about 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cool completely.
Grade: A+
Comments: I’ve never made sugar cookies with lemon in them until last night. However, it was the lemon that made these so incredibly delicious. It isn’t a very strong flavor, but it is just enough to make them a little sweeter. They were a perfect snowy day snack!
