Lemon Cream Sandwich Cookies

I had some lemons on hand and decided to do some lemon cookie baking!  I made these deliciously addictive Paradise Bakery Copycat Lemon Cookies and have decided that they are still one of my top favorite cookies.  I also made these lemon cream sandwich cookies.  Soft and chewy lemon sugar cookies have a wonderfully sweet and tart lemon cream filling sandwiched between them.  Cookie recipe slightly adapted from Taste of Home magazine.


Lemon Cream Sandwich Cookies

Lemon Sugar Cookies:
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
zest of one lemon
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Lemon Cream Filling:
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 cups powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 350F.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and lemon zest until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs until well blended, followed by the lemon juice until completely incorporated.  Add the flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar, and beat until just combined.

Scoop the dough with a tablespoon size cookie scoop and drop onto the prepared baking sheet.  Using the bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar, slightly flatten each cookie to about 3/4 inch thickness.  Bake the cookies for 8 to 9 minutes, or until the centers are just set.  Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool on the pan for 2 or 3 minutes.  Transfer cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.

For the lemon cream frosting, beat together the butter and lemon zest until the butter is smooth.  Add the powdered sugar and beat on low until incorporated.  Add the lemon juice and beat until the frosting is smooth and fluffy.  Spread about 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of frosting on the back of one cooled cookie, then top with another cookie to make a sandwich.  Makes about 30 sandwich cookies.

Enjoy!  -Cardamommy