Best 7 Lemon Butter Spritz Cookies Recipes

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In the realm of confectionery delights, lemon butter spritz cookies stand out as a timeless classic, capturing hearts with their delicate texture, zesty lemon flavor, and melt-in-your-mouth goodness. With their origins traced back to European baking traditions, these delectable treats have become a staple in cookie jars and dessert platters worldwide. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary journey, embarking on a quest to create the perfect lemon butter spritz cookie is an adventure worth taking. In this comprehensive guide, we'll unveil the secrets to crafting these delightful morsels, providing you with step-by-step instructions, essential tips, and a selection of mouthwatering variations to suit every palate.

Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!

LEMON SPRITZ COOKIES



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Best lemon spritz cookie recipe!

Provided by MrsB

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Lemon Dessert Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg yolk
1 ½ teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk, lemon zest, lemon extract, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Add flour and salt gradually until dough is combined.
  • Shape dough into small logs; place a log into a cookie press and press out onto ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining dough logs.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 81.5 calories, Carbohydrate 9.2 g, Cholesterol 16.4 mg, Fat 4.6 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 57 mg, Sugar 4.2 g

LEMON SPRITZ COOKIES



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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 1h

Yield about 84

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon packed finely grated lemon zest (from 2 lemons)
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Yellow sanding sugar and/or nonpareils, for decorating

Steps:

  • Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
  • Beat the butter, granulated sugar and lemon zest in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and both extracts. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture until just combined.
  • Fill a cookie press with the dough according to the manufacturer?s directions; press the dough 1 1/2 inches apart onto unlined baking sheets. Decorate with sanding sugar and/or nonpareils.
  • Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are golden around the edges, 14 to 17 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the pans, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

BUTTER SPRITZ COOKIES



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One of the most iconic of holiday sweets, spritz are bite-size buttery cookies with vanilla and almond.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 23m

Yield 5 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 large egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Sprinkles for garnish

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the vanilla and almond extracts and the egg and mix to incorporate; don't worry if the mixture seems to separate.
  • Sift together the flour and baking powder and add to the creamed butter. Mix until combined. Using a cookie press, press the cookies onto ungreased baking sheets. Top with sprinkles of your choice. Bake until firm but not yet browning, 6 to 8 minutes. After a few minutes, move cookies to a rack and cool.

LEMON-BUTTER SPRITZ COOKIES



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This recipe makes a lot of terrific cookies! It's great for Christmas when all the kids and grandkids visit. They can help decorate the cookies-not to mention help eat them! -Paula Pelis, Rocky Point, New York

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 25m

Yield about 12 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups butter, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Colored sugar

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press dough 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar. , Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown around the edges.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 47 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 9mg cholesterol, Sodium 25mg sodium, Carbohydrate 5g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

LEMON BUTTER COOKIES



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These tender cutout cookies have a slight lemon flavor that makes them stand out from the rest. They're very easy to roll out compared to other sugar cookies I've worked with. I know you'll enjoy them as much as we do. -Judy McCreight, Springfield, Illinois

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 30m

Yield about 13 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
1/4 cup whole milk
2 teaspoons lemon extract
4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Colored sugar, optional

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, milk and extract. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and chill for 2 hours. , Preheat oven to 350°. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-in. cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired. , Bake until the edges just begin to brown, 8-9 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 70 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 12mg cholesterol, Sodium 55mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

LEMON CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES FOR CHRISTMAS



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you've tasted these -- they melt in your mouth -- but usually people don't add the lemon zest, which makes All The Difference in how special these taste

Provided by carrie sheridan

Categories     Dessert

Time 35m

Yield 36 cookies, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

8 ounces butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar in a mixer.
  • Add egg yolk and flavorings.
  • Beat until light.
  • Shake flour through a fine sieve with the salt.
  • Add this to butter mixture until blended well.
  • Force through a cookie press or spritz gun onto cookie sheets.
  • Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. UNDERbake these; do not let them brown.
  • Makes 6 dozen.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 323.3, Fat 18.4, SaturatedFat 11.2, Cholesterol 62.3, Sodium 255.9, Carbohydrate 36.9, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 17, Protein 3.5

LEMON SPICE BUTTER COOKIES



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To keep these cookies round (without a flat side), freeze each log of dough inside an empty paper-towel roll.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Time 2h

Yield Makes about 60

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 large egg plus 1 large egg white, divided
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/3 cup colored sanding sugar

Steps:

  • Beat together butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in zest, whole egg, and vanilla. Add flour, nutmeg, and salt; beat on low speed until incorporated.
  • Divide dough in half, and roll each piece into a log. Place each log crosswise in the middle of a 12-by-16-inch sheet of parchment, and fold top half of parchment over log. Place a ruler on parchment and, pressing it against side of log, pull on bottom half to round log and narrow it to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap logs in parchment; slip into 2 paper-towel rolls (see above note), and freeze 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly beat egg white. Remove rolls and parchment from logs. Brush each log with egg wash, and roll in sanding sugar, covering completely. Cut logs into 1/4-inch-thick slices, and arrange 1 inch apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until edges are golden, about 18 minutes. Transfer to wire racks, and let cool.

Tips:

  • Use cold butter and cream cheese: This will help the cookies hold their shape better in the oven.
  • Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing will make the cookies tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
  • Chill the dough before baking: This will also help the cookies hold their shape better in the oven.
  • Bake the cookies until the edges are just starting to brown: Overbaking will make the cookies dry and crumbly.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before frosting them: This will help the frosting set properly.

Conclusion:

Lemon butter spritz cookies are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that is perfect for any occasion. They are made with simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand, and they can be decorated in a variety of ways to suit your taste. Whether you are a beginner baker or a seasoned pro, you are sure to love these cookies. So next time you are looking for a sweet treat, give lemon butter spritz cookies a try!

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