Description
Delight your taste buds with these Strawberry Lemonade Cookies. A perfect blend of tangy lemon sugar cookies topped with a luscious strawberry buttercream, these cookies are a refreshing treat for any occasion.
Ingredients
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Lemon Sugar Cookies
- 1/2 cup (1 stick or 113g) unsalted butter
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- zest of 1 lemon
- 3 tbsp (42g) vegetable or canola oil
- 1 large egg + 1 large yolk at room temperature
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cup (300g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp (10g) cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Strawberry Buttercream
- 1 1/2 cup (33g or 1.2oz) freeze-dried strawberries
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 226g) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 2 1/2 cup (300g) powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup (60mL) heavy cream
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
For Decorating the Cookies
- freeze-dried strawberries
- lemon zest
Instructions
- Lemon Sugar Cookies: Melt the butter and combine with sugar and lemon zest. Whisk in oil, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients, chill dough, then bake.
- Strawberry Buttercream: Grind freeze-dried strawberries, then cream butter. Add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Decorating: Frost cooled cookies and top with crushed strawberries and lemon zest.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
