Pound Cake Cookies | My Baking Habit

Pound cake cookies are every part you like about conventional pound cake, however in cookie type. These smooth, delicate cookies are topped with a lemon glaze for a shiny, scrumptious end.

You recognize what is healthier than a slice of cake?

Properly, virtually nothing. However proper up there may be when you possibly can flip a slice of cake right into a cookie.

That’s what’s taking place with these candy little pound cake cookies. I really like pound cake, don’t get me fallacious, however it does take some time to bake.

However these cookies? I can combine collectively the dough and have them out of the oven in nearly half-hour. What a win.

What are pound cake cookies?

For those who love cream cheese pound cake, lemon cream cheese pound cake, or bitter cream pound cake, you might be just about assured to adore these cookies.

These pound cake cookies are every part you like a couple of slice of pound cake packed into cookie type. They’re smooth, cakey cookies with a buttery taste.

The cookies themselves even have lemon juice and lemon zest within the dough and are completed off with a lemony glaze, giving them a shiny taste that’s unimaginable for spring.

I additionally like to prime these candy little cookies with glowing sugar for a reasonably end.

And the perfect half about pound cake cookies is how fast and simple they’re to make! 

How you can make pound cake cookies

Not like pound cake which takes fairly a very long time to bake, you possibly can have these pound cake cookies made and out of the oven in about half an hour!

Substances you’ll want

For the cookies themselves, you have to:

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• Zest of 1 lemon
• ⅔ cup softened unsalted butter
• 2 massive
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Be sure you know the way to measure flour accurately. Having the correct quantity of flour will assist these pound cake cookies end up good each time.

You additionally want to ensure your butter is softened. For those who neglect to set it out forward of time, try my ideas for softening butter shortly.

And please, please be sure you use freshly squeezed lemon juice in these pound cake cookies! It tastes so significantly better than the bottled stuff and actually will make a distinction within the last cookies.

For the glaze, you have to:

• 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons milk

Tremendous easy, proper? However I promise, it provides a lot taste to those cookies! 

Making this recipe

To make the pound cake cookie dough, begin by working the granulated sugar and the lemon zest collectively in a bowl. I like to make use of my fingertips to do that, however you may additionally use a fork.

It is a methodology I take advantage of rather a lot in recipes that decision for citrus zest, comparable to lemon ricotta cookies and lemon blueberry bread. This further step helps launch the oils within the zest in order that the flavour actually infuses into each chew of the cookies.

As soon as the sugar is moist and aromatic from the lemon zest, add the butter and beat till the combination is mild and fluffy. It will take a minimum of 3 minutes.

For those who aren’t certain why this step is vital, try my put up on the way to cream butter and sugar. It’s a foundational step that may make an enormous distinction in your baked items!

Subsequent, add the eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla, mixing till mixed.

In a separate bowl, whisk collectively the flour and baking powder, then slowly add this combination to the moist elements. Combine till the dough is simply mixed.

Use a medium (1.5 tablespoon) cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto lined baking sheets. Ensure that to go away a minimum of 2 inches between every cookie so that they have room to unfold within the oven.

Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. They’re carried out when the bottoms of the cookies are golden.

Let the pound cake cookies relaxation on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes earlier than shifting them to a wire rack to chill fully. 

As soon as the cookies have totally cooled, whisk collectively the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and milk, then drizzle the glaze over the cookies. For those who like, add a little bit of glowing sugar for an additional fairly end.

Recipe variations

I like citrus desserts, so I really like the brilliant, lemony taste of those pound cake cookies.

However don’t cease at lemon! Swap out the zest and juice in your personal favourite citrus. Some scrumptious choices to attempt embrace:

• Oranges
• Lime
• Key lime
• Grapefruit

You would additionally skip the citrus and take a look at an almond model by including some almond extract together with the vanilla within the cookie dough.

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