Description
Soft and chewy Pink Lemonade Cookies with bright lemon flavor and a smooth pink lemon frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon lemon extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- Pink food coloring
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- Pink food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, lemon extract, and food coloring and mix well.
- Add flour and baking soda and mix just until combined.
- Scoop dough, flatten into discs, and place on baking sheets.
- Bake for 9 to 12 minutes until edges are set.
- Cool cookies completely.
- Beat frosting ingredients until smooth and fluffy.
- Pipe frosting onto cooled cookies.
Notes
- Do not overmix the dough.
- Cool cookies fully before frosting.
- Gel food coloring gives stronger color with less liquid.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 223
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg