Best 3 Pound Cake Cookies Recipes

LEMON POUND CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cream sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Whisk flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; gradually beat into creamed butter mixture until just combined. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into butter-flour mixture until dough is thoroughly mixed; stir in lemon extract. Drop small scoops of dough onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies spring back when touched, 10 to 12 minutes.

POUND CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Beat egg yolks into butter mixture and gradually beat flour into butter mixture until dough forms. Beat in vanilla. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll chilled dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Flatten balls slightly and press an indentation into the center of each flattened ball. Fill each indentation with 1 pecan half.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack.

POUND CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar well. Beat the egg and add to the creamed mixture, along with the vanilla extract. Gradually add the flour. Drop the dough by the teaspoon, about an inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets (or lined with baking parchment). Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Let cookies rest on the baking sheet briefly, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store in a covered container.