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Lemon-Poppy Seed Sugar Cookies

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Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Jan 29, 2018
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If you like lemon, you’re going to love these 5-ingredient cookies! Your favorite sugar cookies get transformed with poppy seed and lemon, and the sweet, citrusy glaze drizzled on top is impossible to resist.

Lemon-Poppy Seed Sugar Cookies

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 1 hr 10 min
  • Ingredients 5
  • Servings 36
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. In large bowl, crumble cookie dough. Add lemon peel and poppy seed; mix well.
  • Step 
    2
    Shape dough into 1-inch balls; arrange 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are set and light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack. Cool 10 minutes.
  • Step 
    3
    In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice, stirring well. Add additional lemon juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, mixing until drizzling consistency. Drizzle on top of cooled cookies; allow glaze to set 10 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition

70 Calories
2 1/2g Total Fat
0g Protein
11g Total Carbohydrate
8g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
70
Calories from Fat
20
Total Fat
2 1/2g
4%
Saturated Fat
1g
4%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
40mg
2%
Potassium
0mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
11g
4%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
8g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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