Lemon has been a favorite flavor of mine for a long time. Not necessarily eating a plain lemon, or even lemon in my water, but the essence of lemon in my cakes, cookies, chicken… you name it I really enjoy lemon. So what if I told you, I had a super easy Lemon Cookie Recipe?
This cookie recipe is so easy that you don’t have to even really make the batter because you are starting with a lemon cake batter. Yes! You heard that correctly lemon cake batter!
Springtime makes me so happy and these are always the first set of cookies I make for the season and I keep them stocked at my house for anytime friends or family come over.
Pro Tip: This recipe could be replicated for Strawberry cookies a well – just replace lemon for strawberry. Some nuances will occur in the frosting with strawberries vs. lemon zest.. but I can touch on that at a later date!
These are also great backdrop cookies for any springtime party you have! So get excited and start hosting!
Once you mix the batter it will be very sticky. I would strongly suggest using a cookie scoop – it will be the easiest way to drop the cookie batter on the cookie sheet.
Once the cookies are on the cookie sheet you can make the frosting which is sugar, zest, and whole milk. The more powdered sugar you have in the mixture the thicker it will be – I actually use double what the recipe is because I like the frosting to set up pretty quickly and not run everywhere.
Cook for a short 6 minutes and voila! Ready to eat in minutes and they seriously taste like springtime!
Happy Eating (and hosting)-