Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Lemon biscuits

Lemon biscuits. Fans of lemon poppyseed muffins will love these cookies that have a similar flavor, but in a light, crispy-edged treat. For even more lemon flavor, use lemon vegan yogurt, but plain or vanilla works as well. This recipe results in heavily poppyseed-studded cookies, so feel free to skimp on the seeds if you want less poppyseed flavor. Lemon biscuits are a delightful treat perfect for any time of year. They're easy to whip together, requiring only flour, sugar, butter and a few other ingredients.

These light-as-air, lemony treats will melt on your tongue. Then there's egg, flour and baking soda. Then comes a flavour hit, thanks to freshly squeezed lemon juice and freshly grated lemon zest. You can cook Lemon biscuits using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Lemon biscuits

1. It's of Zest of 2 lemons.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter 113g.
3. You need 3/4 cup of granulated sugar 150g.
4. You need 2 cups of plain flour 240g.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
6. Prepare 2 tbsp of cornstarch.
7. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
8. Prepare 1 of large egg.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of lemon extract.
10. Prepare 2 tbsp of lemon juice.

Once the cookies are baked and cooled, it's time for a simple two ingredient lemon glaze. This drippy icing brings out the lemon flavour of the cookies and adds a little sweet tang. With subtle lemon flavor, these flaky biscuits make a nice addition to a small buffet or light lunch. Try them the next time you host a holiday tea party for friends, family or co-workers. —Jane Rossen, Binghamton, New York Directions.

Lemon biscuits instructions

1. Mix the lemon zest and sugar in a blender.
2. Sift flour, salt, corn starch, baking soda and whisk together.
3. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Mix in egg, lemon juice and lemon extract.
4. Add dry to wet mixture and beat until combined.
5. Cover and chill the dough in the fridge for at least half an hour.
6. Preheat oven to gas mark 4 and and spread 2 tbsp sized dough about 2 inches apart on greaseproof paper on a flat baking tray..
7. Bake for 10 minutes, take out of the oven and allow to cool.

In another bowl, whisk yogurt, egg, melted butter and lemon zest until blended. Lemon cookies are best mixed using a kitchen aid. If you don't have one, you can also dig in with your hands! Grate the lemon skin and add this as well, then squeeze all of the juice from the same lemon and mix it in. To make these lemon sugar cookies, you'll start out by whisking together the flour, baking soda, and salt.