If you want to serve a vibrant, sweet treat packed with flavor, these lemon poppy seed cookies should be on the menu. While chewy chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies and snickerdoodles are classics in their own right, nothing beats the punchy flavor of lemon on a sunny spring or summer day.
The dough is infused with flavor from fresh lemon zest and lemon juice, while poppy seeds enhance the texture and appearance of the cookies. A zippy lemon glaze adds a finishing touch and a third source of lemon flavor. Poppy seed lemon cookies are perfect to serve for a gathering or simply to enjoy with a cup of tea on a warm afternoon.
Ingredients for Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
- Butter: Softened, unsalted butter serves as the base for these soft cookies. Take your butter out of the fridge ahead of time or, if you forget, soften butter quickly by cutting it into cubes.
- Sugar: Granulated sugar is creamed with the softened butter until light and fluffy. This sets the cookie dough up for success, resulting in cookies with a soft, tender texture and balanced sweetness.
- Lemon zest and juice: All the flavor in this soft lemon poppy seed cookies recipe comes from fresh lemons. Both lemon zest and lemon juice are used in the cookie dough, along with the lemon juice used in the glaze topping. Zest a lemon with a Microplane, zester or grater ahead of time for best results.
- Egg: Just one egg is incorporated into this cookie dough. Baking with room-temperature eggs helps bind the ingredients and plays a role in making the cookies rise while baking.
- All-purpose flour: Without flour, these cookies would fall flat. It provides structure for excellent texture.
- Baking powder and baking soda: The cookie dough includes a small amount of both baking powder and baking soda to make the cookies rise for the perfect shape and light texture.
- Salt: Just a touch of salt is added to the dough for a balanced flavor.
- Poppy seeds: Poppy seeds are incorporated into both the cookie dough and the glaze for a beautiful look.
- Confectioners’ sugar: Confectioners’ sugar serves as the base of the lemon glaze on top of the poppy seed lemon cookies. It’s mixed with freshly squeezed lemon juice for a bold flavor and the ideal texture.
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