Recipe: Perfect Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Lemon Shortbread Cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Beat in lemon zest and vanilla. Combine the flour, cornstarch, nutmeg, and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.

Add confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and flour mixture; mix until well combined. Lemon Shortbread Cookies These lemon shortbread cookies are a fan favorite, and once you try them, you'll see why! They're tender, buttery, and filled with bright lemon flavor. You can have Lemon Shortbread Cookies using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Lemon Shortbread Cookies

1. Prepare 125 g of Butter *softened.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of Caster Sugar.
3. Prepare of Zest of 1 Lemon.
4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Lemon Juice.
5. It's 1 cup of Plain Flour.
6. Prepare 1/4 cup of Rice Flour *OR Custard Powder.
7. You need of Lemon Icing.
8. Prepare 1/4 cup of Icing Sugar.
9. You need 1 of & 1/2 teaspoons Lemon Juice.

In a medium bowl, mix butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until combined. Blend in lemon zest, lemon extract, and vanilla. How to make Lemon Shortbread Cookies To make the cookie dough: First combine the lemon zest and a few tablespoons of granulated sugar in a small food processor. Pulse until the sugar is bright yellow in color and the zest is broken down into tiny flecks.

Lemon Shortbread Cookies step by step

1. Preheat oven to 160C. Line a baking tray with baking paper..
2. Mix softened Butter and Sugar until smooth and well combined. Add Lemon Zest, Lemon Juice, Plain Flour and Rice Flour and mix well. Use your hands to bring the dough together in the bowl..
3. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until 8mm thick and cut out shapes, OR slice well-refrigerated stiff dough. *Note: Today I used a round cutter 4.5cm in diameter and made 24 cookies..
4. *Note: If the dough is too soft to work with, allow it to cool in the fridge until firm enough..
5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly golden. Set aside on the tray for 10 minutes to cool before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely..
6. These cookies taste lovely without Lemon Icing. To make Lemon Icing, mix Icing Sugar and Lemon Juice until smooth. Place it in a piping bag or tough plastic bag, and pipe it out on the cooled cookies..

Sweet and buttery, Lemon Shortbread Cookies are simple cookies perfect for holidays, special events or just as a treat for lemon lovers. This post may contain affiliate links which I earn a small portion in sales if a purchase is made. Rest assured though, it is never at any additional cost to you. Lemon Shortbread Cookies - Classic shortbread with a lemony twist. I hope you guys are baking along with me because I've been having loads of fun.