Lemon Cookies
- Total Time: 8 hours 15 mins
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
Description
These melt-in-your-mouth lemon cookies are sophisticated and delicate, the perfect tea time snack.
Ingredients
- 160 g butter
- 260g flour
- 20g corn flour (cornstarch)
- 125 sugar
- Zest of two lemons
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Pinch of salt
- tsp vanilla
Instructions
- For these cookies, the dough must rest for several hours in the refrigerator, preferably, overnight. Beat the butter, add the sugar, lemon zest, vanilla and lemon juice. Mix everything together until well integrated. Add the dry ingredients: the flour, cornstarch and salt and mix everything together until it is well mixed.
- Roll the dough into a tube, about two inches in diameter. Wrap with plastic wrap and leave it in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight.
- Remove it from the refrigerator and unwrap. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. With a sharp knife, cut the dough into thin rounds, place on a baking sheet and bake cookies for 15 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar to serve.
- Prep Time: 8 hours
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Baking
- Cuisine: European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 90
Find it online: https://honestcooking.com/lemon-cookies/
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the dough need to rest overnight in the refrigerator?
The instructions specifically state the dough must rest several hours, preferably overnight, in the refrigerator. Rolling the dough into a log and chilling it firms the butter so the cookies hold their shape when sliced into thin rounds before baking at 180°C for 15 minutes.
What does cornstarch do in this cookie dough?
The 20g of cornstarch (corn flour) combined with 260g of all-purpose flour gives these cookies their notably tender, melt-in-your-mouth texture — the excerpt describes them as “sophisticated and delicate.” Replacing some flour with cornstarch reduces the gluten development that would otherwise make cookies tougher.
These lemon cookies were absolutely devoured by my family!
Thank you. I have made these three times since and just love them. The recipe is quite easy and I can make them in a flash now
I tried a conversion chart. Not sure how accurate my measurements were. Also I’m assuming 125 Sugar means 125 Grams of sugar?
The dough came out flaky. It is sitting in the fridge now. Will update tomorrow.
Sorry. Here you have the converted amounts. Enjoy the recipe, it’s unforgettable! Best wishes!
3/4 cups butter
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1 cup powdered sugar
Zest of two lemons
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Pinch of salt
Teaspoon vanilla
I realky, really wish the ingredient amounts were converted. I am wanting to make this recipe, I am not an exsperienced baker. I am having the hardest time finding how to convert to cups. So disapointed!