Easy Lemon Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup butter

  2 sticks, softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 large egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup sanding sugar

  or granulated sugar

Instructions

• 1 In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter, sugar, and lemon
  zest until light and fluffy; 1 to 2 minutes. Then add the lemon juice and egg;
  continue beating to combine. Fold in the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• 2 Cover the bowl and refrigerate until chilled; about 1 hour.
• 3 Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add 1/4
  cup of sanding sugar to a bowl and set aside. This sugar is for rolling the
  cookies before they bake.
• 4 Using a cookie scoop
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  and place on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
• 5 Bake for 11-12 minutes or until the edges begin to brown. Let the cookies cool
  on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing them to a cooling rack.

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