Gluten Free Lemon Cookies

These gluten free lemon cookies are soft, gooey and melt in your mouth delicious! This recipe is quick and easy. These lemon cookies are fresh, light and great for spring and summer!

Author: Organically Addison

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: Italian

Difficulty: MEDIUM

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 9 minutes

Total Time: 24 minutes

Servings: 10 servings

Calories: 249 kcal per serving

Ingredients

½ cup - cold butter
⅔ cup - granulated sugar
1 - egg
½ tsp - lemon zest
1 tsp - lemon juice
½ tsp - vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups - gluten free 1-1 flour
½ tsp - baking soda
½ cup - powdered sugar

Instructions

First, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, add cold butter and sugar. Beat for 2 to 3 minutes or until no clumps of butter remain.
Add in egg, vanilla extract, lemon juice and lemon zest. Stir until combined.
Then, add in gluten free flour and baking soda. Stir until combined.
Place powdered sugar in a shallow bowl.
Use ice cream scoop to scoop out balls of dough. Place ball of dough into powdered sugar. Roll around until completely covered. Place on lined pan. Continue for remainder of cookie dough.
Bake for 9 to 10 minutes or until cookies are barely set in the middle.
Finally, remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes before carefully removing to a cooling rack.

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