Name: Easy Lemon Butter Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 87 min
Ingredients: 10 tbs Butter (Room temperature); 8 oz Cream Cheese; 2 Lemon Zest (From 2 Lemons); 1/4 cup Lemon Juice; 1.25 Cup Sugar; 2 Eggs; 1 Tsp Vanilla; 2.25 All-Purpose Flour; 1.25 tsp Baking Powder; .75 tsp Kosher Salt; Powdered Sugar (As needed)

These Lemon Butter Cookies are so dang delicious! You may just want to make a double batch because they are going to disappear quickly

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Lemon Butter Cookies Recipe
Easy Lemon Butter Cookies

Lemon Butter Cookies Recipe

A few months ago we had the opportunity to take a half-day cooking class at Erna Elderberry House in Oakhurst, California as part of our year-long partnership with Yosemite Madera County. You can imagine my glee when we found out we were taking a sweet Treats Hors d'Oeuvres class.

My brain instantly jumped to all of the yummy goodness we could make! To say I was excited is quite an understatement.

The Sweet Treats Class is what dreams are made of! I spend a lot of time baking and cooking for the blog but I am 100% self-taught. Being able to take cooking classes is my favorite way to pick up new tips and tricks for the kitchen.

Pastry chef Dylan Mellela spent the morning teaching us not only epic recipes but great tips for how to make them. I can't wait to share all of the recipes we learned to make including Thumbprint Cookies and the Cinnamon Apple Tarts. HELLO YUM!

Erna's Elderberry House is part of the Estate by the Elderberries which also includes the gorgeous Chateau du Sureau. The Chateau is 5-star lodging near Yosemite.

These Lemon Butter Cookies sound a lot harder to make then they are! The recipe is from scratch but it is super easy to follow.

Great Lemon Recipes

If you are like me and have a ton of lemons in your house here are some great recipes.

I am so jealous when I hear from friends who have lemon trees in their yards. That would be amazing. I end up buying the huge Costco bags of lemons.

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

Lemon Dill Chicken

Lemon Butter Recipe

Crockpot Lemonade Moonshine

Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake

Lemon Blueberry Cake

Lemon Parmesan Chicken

What you will need to make Lemon Butter Cookies

Butter - Room Temperature
Cream Cheese
2-3 Lemons (You will want a zester and a lemon juicer to make life a lot easier)
Sugar
Eggs
Vanilla Extract
All-Purpose Flour
Baking Powder
Kosher Salt
Powdered Sugar

Equipment Needed to make Lemon Butter Cookies

Electric Mixer - I love my KitchenAid Mixer.

Large Bowl

Cookie Sheets

Cookie Rack to cool the cookies

Lemon Juicer

Lemon Zester

Easy Lemon Butter Cookies

Easy Lemon Butter Cookies made from scratch. The perfect lemon flavor!

5 from 1 vote

Print Rate

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes

1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 27 minutes

Servings:

Calories: 81kcal

Author: Tammilee Tips

Ingredients

10 tbs Butter Room temperature
8 oz Cream Cheese
2 Lemon Zest From 2 Lemons
¼ cup Lemon Juice
1.25 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Tsp Vanilla
2.25 All-Purpose Flour
1.25 tsp Baking Powder
.75 tsp Kosher Salt
Powdered Sugar As needed

Instructions

Cream the Butter, Cream Cheese, Lemon Zest and Sugar together until light and fluffy.
Add the lemon juice and vanilla extract and mix for 1 minute
Add the eggs one at a time and mix for 2 minutes
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt and sift together. Add all the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix on slow speed until just combined.
Chill the dough overnight or a minimum of 1 hour
Roll the dough in even balls in powdered sugar
Place the balls on a tray about 1.5 inches apart.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 7 to 12 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown.