Lemon Sour Cream Cookies

Name: Lemon Sour Cream Cookies
Yield: Makes about 42 cookies
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 ounces; 425 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces; 298 grams), granulated sugar; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 tablespoon grated, lemon zest plus 1/4 cup juice (2 lemons); 2 large, eggs; 1 cup, sour cream; 2 tablespoons, cream cheese, softened (1 ounce; 28 grams); 3 cups (12 ounces; 340 grams), confectioners' sugar

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Holiday

These cakey cookies have a subtle lemony flavor. A lemon–cream cheese glaze adds a burst of citrus.

SERVESMakes about 42 cookies

TIME1½ hours, plus 1 hour chilling and 40 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

UPDATE: This recipe has been slightly reformulated to be more failproof since its initial publication. The revision you see here was published in October of 2021. We love the idea of a cakey lemon cookie topped with a tangy glaze. Our lemon...

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