Italian Lemon Cookies with Lemon Glaze

These Italian Lemon Cookies with Lemon Glaze are a delicious treat made using a handful of staple ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, butter, lemon extract, and lemon zest. Baked until lightly golden and topped with lemon glaze and green sprinkles, perfect for Christmas!

 

Italian Lemon Cookies…

These cookies are also known as “Anginetti” (Italian Lemon Drop Cookies), and are glazed with a simple icing with lemon zest added.  They are very light and delicate with a soft texture that melts in your mouth with every bite. YUM!

We absolutely adore the taste of lemons, and our Italian lemon cookies are always devoured quickly. These Italian lemon cookies happen to be one of our favorites for the holidays! 

And, I make them every year around this time! They’re irresistible!

 

Reasons to LOVE these Italian Lemon Cookies?

• They are so easy to make.
• No need to chill the dough beforehand or roll it out either.
• Just whip up a batch and bake!
• The glaze is not complicated.
• This recipe will yield about 36 cookies, enough to serve a crowd.
• Perfect for cookie exchange parties.
• You can easily change the color of the sprinkles for the holidays.
• They bake for about 10 minutes.

 

How to Make Italian Lemon Cookies with Lemon Glaze?

For this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for these Lemon Cookies (*full recipe card below!)

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 + 1/2 tsp. pure lemon extract
• 3 cups, plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 5 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions to Make Italian Lemon Cookies…

1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees (185 C).
2.  In a large mixing bowl.  Beat butter and sugar until smooth.  Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until each egg is well combined.  Stir in the lemon extract.

3.  In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt with a fork.  Slowly add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, and beat until the dough is smooth and sticky.

4.  Drop by teaspoons onto a non-stick baking sheet, and space them apart, about 2 inches.
Shape each one into a ball as best as you can, using the back of a spoon to assist you.

5.  Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.  Remove and set aside to cool before topping with glaze.

the Lemon Glaze:

• 2 + 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
• 3 Tbsp. milk
• 1/2 tsp. pure lemon extract
• 1 Tbsp. lemon zest
• green-colored sprinkles

1.  In a small bowl, mix the first four ingredients together until smooth.
2.  Set aside for 2 minutes, allowing the glaze to thicken.

3.  Top each cookie with some glaze, about 1 teaspoon.  Garnish with green sprinkles on top. Set them aside for at least 10 minutes for the glaze to dry.

Yields: 34 to 36 cookies

Your family and friends will go bonkers for these Italian Lemon Cookies, and kids will enjoy making them too.

Italian Lemon Cookies are not just for the holidays, you can make them throughout the year, and they freeze well too!

An old Italian recipe that goes back for generations, these Italian Lemon Cookies are very popular these days!  A super easy recipe that bakes in 10 minutes!

Store these cookies in a sealed container.  They will freeze for up to one month. You’ll have to try them and see them for yourself!

Enjoy!

Additional Delicious Cookie Recipes… try these:

• Ultimate Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Lemon Thyme Tea Cookies
• Dulce de Leche Butter Cookies
• Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
• Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies – No flour & No butter!
• Snow Ball Christmas Cookies

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xo Anna and Liz