Soft Glazed Lemon Cookies are a perfectly sweet & tart lemon cookie! This Soft Lemon Cookie recipe is made with fresh lemon with a tangy lemon glaze on top for a lovely zing!
Preheat the oven to 350F/180C and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until smooth.
Add the egg, vanilla, lemon juice and zest and beat to combine.
Sift in the flour and add the baking soda, then fold everything together.
Add a few drops of yellow food coloring and fold again (optional).
Chill the cookie dough in the fridge for 1 hour.
Take handfuls of the mixture and roll into balls (each should weigh approx. 50g/1.8oz). Place these on the baking sheets, leaving enough space between them for spreading as they bake.
Bake for 11-13 minutes.
Leave the cookies on the baking sheets for about 10 minutes before using a spatula to transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Make the lemon glaze by mixing together the powdered sugar and lemon juice.
Drizzle the glaze over the top of the cooled cookies.
Lemon cookies will keep well in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.