Vanilla Lemon Sugar Cookies
From jaie 17 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 60
This is a great basic recipe for sugar cookies. The original McCormick® recipe didn't use the lemon zest, but I added it and it gives them just a hit of flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar shopping list
- fresh lemon zest from 1/2 a lemon shopping list
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 2 large eggs shopping list
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- Granulated sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add 1-1/2 cups sugar, lemon zest, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
- Beat until well blended, scraping side of bowl occasionally.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- Beat in as much flour as possible with the mixer.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir in any flour that you can't beat in with the mixer.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
- Roll in granulated sugar.
- Place the cookie balls about 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet(s).
- Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from baking sheet(s) and place onto wire racks to cool completely.
- This recipe makes about 5 dozen cookies.
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Good evening, I like this recipe. You have my 6 (OOPS 5), thank you for sharing...Cheryl
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