Glazed Lemon Sour Cream Cookies
A melt-in-your-mouth, flavorful, cake-like cookie that's topped with a sweet and simple lemon cream cheese glaze. Easy to make and even easier to eat and fall in love!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 14 min
- Yield
- 40 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cups (426g) all-purpose flour ((scoop and level to measure))
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, (softened)
- 1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 Tbsp lemon zest
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups (300g) powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp cream cheese, (softened well (practically melted))
- 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- 1
In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- 2
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together butter and sugar until slightly fluffy. Blend in eggs one at a time.
- 3
Mix in sour cream, lemon zest and vanilla. Add flour mixture and mix until combined.
- 4
Cover bowl and chill dough in refrigerator until dough is a little more firm and easier to work with, about 1 hour (it will still be fairly sticky).
- 5
Preheat oven to 375 during last 10 minutes of dough chilling.
- 6
Line two 18 by 13-inch baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- 7
Drop dough by the rounded tablespoons (using either a cookie scoop or two spoons) onto prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 2-inches apart.
- 8
Bake both sheets in preheated oven, switching and rotating them halfway through baking, until bottom edges are golden and cookies are set, about 14 - 15 minutes.
- 9
Cool on baking sheet several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- 10
Set a baking sheet underneath cookies on rack, then spoon and spread glaze over cooled cookies and let glaze set at room temperature. Store cookies in an airtight container.
- 11
For the glaze, in a mixing bowl blend together cream cheese and lemon juice. Mix in powdered sugar stirring until smooth.
- 12
Recipe source: adapted from Cooks Country