Lucky Lemon Sugar Cookies
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Martha Stewart Kids, Fall 2004
- Yield Makes about 6 dozen
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Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest
- Colored sanding sugar, for rolling
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Cream butter, shortening, and granulated sugar on medium- high speed in the bowl of a mixer with the paddle until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs and zest. Mix in flour mixture, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Refrigerate dough 15 minutes.
- Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into balls; roll in colored sugar. Place 2 inches apart on lined sheets. Bake until edges are set but centers are soft, 7 to 8 minutes. Cool on sheets 2 minutes; transfer to wire racks.
So glad I tried this a few days before Easter. The recipe itself tastes great, but the consistency of these cookies is awful. Thin, crumbly, and stick to the paper or a greased pan. I would just go with a snickerdoodle recipe and add the lemon flavor. Will not be making these again!!!
HIgher altitude... add up to 1/2 cup of flour, and you should never let your butter sit out past 1/2 hour or 30 min. As per Martha, or your cookies could spread because your butter is too warm.
I am a lazy baker, and I don't always have fresh lemon in the house when I want to bake. Has anyone tried this with bottled lemon zest sold in the spice aisle?
Thank you so much auntiemaryann and judenco! Some of these recipes call for attachments that I don't have! Foods Now I will try to make the cookies! haha
Regular beaters will work just fine.
levidan, use the mixer you've got. back in the day, i only used a wooden spoon. cookies came out great. best regards!
I got this email recipe today 03/18/2011, and I have a question for anyone that can answer this. The recipe states, "High speed in the bowl of a mixer with the paddle", however I do not have a paddle with my stand mixer. Will the recipe work just as well with regular beaters? I hope someone else got this recipe e-mail today as well.
High altitude...Add 2 tablespoons flour, cut back the baking soda by about one third, reduce butter and sugar by 1 tablespoon each. Use extra large eggs.
Cookies are good, but was wondering if there were any changes for a higher altitude. They ended up being about 4 inches across and only 1/8 of an inch in thickness. Husband likes them.
made these for a family party last month and received some very high praise. one guest told me they reminded him of his mom's recipe from when he was a boy. also made them for 2 bake sales and they sold right out.