Best 5 Citrus Slice Sugar Cookies Recipes

LEMON SLICE-AND-BAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Put the lemon zest and sugar in your mixing bowl and mix them with a fork or rub them with your fingertips.
• Add butter and cream the mixture until it is light and fluffy with a hand-held mixer or with paddle attachment if using a stand-mixer.
• Mix in the egg.
• Add lemon juice and mix until combined.
• Finally, on the low speed, add in flour gradually and mix until incorporated.
• Divide the dough in half and put each on the plastic film. Make approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long, 2 inches (5cm) thick logs out of each dough and keep them in the freezer for 40 minutes, or 4-5 hours in the fridge until they are firm.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F(177C°). Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Set aside.
• Remove the doughs from the freezer and cut them into 1/5 inch(5mm) thick slices and bake for 7-9 minutes or until they slightly change color. Turn off the oven and keep them for an extra 5-6 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to completely cool.

CITRUS SLICE COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs with electric stand mixer on medium-low speed or with electric hand mixer on lowest speed until well combined. Add flour and salt; beat until soft, nonsticky dough forms. (You should be able to handle the dough without it sticking to your fingers. If dough is sticky, beat in additional flour 1 tablespoon at a time until the dough comes to the correct consistency.)
• On work surface, shape dough into a ball. Divide into 3 equal portions. Return one-third of dough to bowl; beat in orange peel, orange extract and drops of yellow and red food color until orange color is consistent. Remove dough from bowl; cover with plastic wrap.
• Clean bowl; add another one-third portion of dough. Beat in lemon peel, lemon extract and drops of yellow food color until yellow color is consistent. Remove dough from bowl; cover with plastic wrap.
• Leave remaining one-third of dough plain; cover with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate all dough portions 1 hour.
• Shape each portion of tinted dough into a roll about 5 inches long and 2 1/2 inches in diameter; set aside. On lightly floured work surface, roll plain dough into a rectangle. Place roll of orange dough on plain dough. Roll plain dough in a single layer around orange dough. Cut away excess dough; reserve for yellow dough.
• Place orange sanding sugar on plate; roll dough log in sugar until completely coated. Wrap sugar-coated dough log in plastic wrap; refrigerate. Repeat process with lemon dough, remaining plain dough and yellow sanding sugar. Refrigerate dough logs at least 4 hours.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
• Cut chilled logs into 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick rounds. With back edge of knife, score "segment" lines into each round, making only indentations (do not go all the way through). Cut rounds in half; place on cookie sheets.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set. Remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.

CITRUS SLICE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Lay the sugar cookies on a work surface. Pipe a line of pink icing around the edge of each of 4 cookies, then flood the centers with the pink icing. Immediately pipe a circle of white icing just inside each pink icing line. Pipe a dot of white icing in the center of each cookie. Drag a toothpick through the white icing traveling toward the center of the cookie. Repeat the process in 1-inch intervals, creating citrus segments. Repeat this process using the orange, green and yellow icings on the remaining cookies. Let stand until set, about 1 hour.

AIR-FRYER LEMON SLICE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter, pudding mix and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and milk. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, shape each into a 6-in.-long roll. Wrap and refrigerate 3 hours or until firm., Preheat air fryer to 325°. Unwrap and cut dough crosswise into 1/2-in. slices. In batches, place slices in a single layer on greased tray in air-fryer basket. Cook until edges are light brown, 8-12 minutes. Cool in basket 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar and enough lemon juice to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set., To Make Ahead: Dough can be made 2 days in advance. Wrap and place in a resealable container. Store in the refrigerator., Freeze option: Place wrapped logs in a resealable container and freeze. To use, unwrap frozen logs and cut into slices. Cook as directed, increasing time by 1-2 minutes.

LEMON-SLICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Line two 11-by-17-inch baking sheets with Silpats (French nonstick baking mats). In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine sugar, butter, lemon oil, and egg yolks; beat at medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add dry ingredients; beat to combine.
• Flatten the dough, and wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
• Place 18 candied lemon slices on each baking sheet, 1 1/2 inches apart. On a lightly floured work surface, roll cookie dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut 36 rounds of dough using a 2-inch cookie cutter. Place one round of dough on top of each lemon slice. Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer the baking sheets to a wire rack to cool.