Lemon Tea Cookies from: Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes
The recipe called these tea cakes, but they are clearly cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1½ cups granulated sugar (plus 2 tablespoons to garnish the baked cookies)
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- ½ tsp salt
- 2½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 3 cups flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cream softened butter and granulated sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs and beat until smooth.
- Add lemon zest and mix again.
- Add salt, baking powder, and lemon extract, and mix well with the mixer.
- When you add the flour next, do it in ½-cup portions so batter is thoroughly mixed and smooth.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of batter onto a well-greased cookie sheet or a cookie sheet lined with a silicone baking mat.
- Make sure there is space around each cookie because they grow.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 11-12 minutes until golden brown around the edges.
- When you remove cookies from the oven, sprinkle with granulated sugar. Then quickly remove them from the pan and cool.