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These Easy Sugar Cookies Taste Just Like Sunshine, Thanks to a 1-Ingredient Upgrade
Ingredients
  • subheading: For the Cookies:
  • 270 g granulated sugar ( 9 ½ ounces; 1 ¼ cups)
  • 6 g ( 2 tablespoons) packed grated lemon zest plus 1 ½ tablespoons fresh juice from 4 large lemons, divided
  • 227 g ( 2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 5 g ( 1 teaspoon) vanilla extract
  • 320 g all-purpose flour (about 11 ¼ ounces; 2 ½ cups)
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume
  • subheading: For the Glaze:
  • 140 g sifted powdered sugar (about 5 ounces; 1 ½ cups)
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice from 1 large lemon
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Lemon zest, for garnish
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