Lemon is my all time favourite flavour. Lemon cakes, lemon pies, lemon meringue cupcakes, lemony drinks. I am an equal opportunity lemon lover. Lemon candy, lemon tarts. Now I am making myself hungry. I am also a bit of a cookie monster. If you are at all like me and you love lemon as much as you love cookies then you will adore these Lemon cookies with buttercream icing.
Lemon cookies are refreshing and perfect for a treat in the spring or summer months. I would eat these all year round actually but then I’d be mad at myself so these will have to be a special treat.
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Lemon Cookies With Buttercream Icing
If you know me at all then you know how much I adore lemon stuff. Lemon cookies with buttercream icing are pretty much the pick of the crop. Lemon cookies are amazing any time and this icing is to die for. Buttercream Icing is the perfect complement to these sweet and slightly tart cookies.
The Best Ever Lemon Cookies With Buttercream Icing
Ingredients
- Spring Lemon Cookies with Buttercream Icing
- 1 stick butter
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 1 large egg
- 0.5 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbps lemon juice
- Zest of two lemons
- Buttercream icing:
- 4 cups Icing sugar
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1/3 cup Shortening
- 2 tbspoons of water
- one teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Making sure your butter is at room temperature, in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and keep on mixing until smooth. Add vanilla.
- In another bowl, combine flour, powder, salt.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into butter-sugar mixture and fold. Add your lemon juice and half of your lemon rind.
- Roll cookie dough into balls and place on lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
- Makes 3 dozen
- For the icing:
- Fold icing sugar into butter and add shortening too.
- Blend until smooth.
- Add the water and vanilla.
- Blend and set aside until cookies cool.
- Put a generous amount on each cookie and then sprinkle with lemon zest for decoration OR use lemon sprinkles.
- Enjoy!
What’s your favourite lemon dessert?
If you enjoy all things lemon, then you will love these scrumptious cookies. I have many lemon recipes to share here. Enjoy these tasty lemon meringue cupcakes.
I highly recommend these lemon zesters and garlic graters.
Hi Paula,
I love lemon cookies! Thanks for showing us how to make them. I’m definitely keeping this recipe. Happy Monday!
Cori
OMG!! This is so perfect for my wine club!!! With spring heading our way we will be featuring Rose wines at the next one and I think these Lemon cookies would be quite the hit!! I’ll be sure to tag you once I make them next month
Wonderful Yashy! I can’t wait to hear what they think!
I’m lookng at this recipe – and would you believe that my mouth is beginning to water already? 🙂
Omg how yummy is this?!?! I lemon obsessed!!! So need to make these!
Yum. I am a huge fan of lemon. This looks so good, I would love to make these. Buttercream icing is the best…. I will have to make these for my fam!
I could definitely go for a few of these. They look delicious and it’s been a while since we made dessert.
These cookies look so yummy. Lemon cookies have always been one of my favorites.
The perfect pair for my morning coffee. I love lemon cookies!
I am usually not a fan of lemon, but these do look quite tasty!
Great for a snack with a hot cup of coffee or tea! I can’t wait for the weather to ease up so I can relax on my porch and enjoy a batch of lemon cookies made your way. Thanks for the recipe!
I love it when cookies have icing on top. That’s like a double treat. These do look amazing!
I love lemon cookies. They are refreshing. This recipe sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Oh that just looks so yummy. I’m supposed to be cutting back on my sweet intake but you just had to show me this. I might have to give this a try one day.
My goodness! How delicious! I need to make these for a little brunch I am having at home soon!
Lemon cookies are my favorite. I will have to try this recipe on the weekend. The buttercream icing sounds like it will go perfect with the cookies.
These look delicious. I am definitely going to try to make these. I love buttercream frosting and lemon. Thank you for the recipe.
I love lemon cookies and you just posted the perfect recipe.
Lemon is my favorite flavor too & I love anything that involves lemon. These lemon cookies looks absolutely delicious & that Buttercream Icing adds more beauty & taste to the entire recipe. My kids are going to love it.
oh those look amazing! i’ll have to make them soon for my family, i know they will love them.
These looks absolutely delicious! Lemon cookies are really unique in flavor. I add a lot of buttercream on mine.
Lemon is also my all time favorite and I would love to try this recipe today!! Thanks for sharing!!
These look like a great treat. Buttercream is so yum!
Yum! I love lemon cookies. These look delicious. The buttercream icing is just bonus.
This cookies look so yummy. I can’t wait to whip up a batch for my family.