On Sunday evening I made these soft, glazed cookies as a little treat to enjoy while watching the first episode of the new season of Downton Abbey. I have a ton of citrus right now as nearly everyone here in Phoenix have lemon, orange or grapefruit trees and most people are desperate to give it all away or bad things can happen. My boss has a lemon tree and brings me lemons almost every day so instead of using them to flavor my tea or water I thought I’d make these cookies instead. They were good, but I think I would add more lemon if I made them again as the flavor was almost too bland. I think I would rather save my lemons to make lemon bars instead (one of my favorite treats).
Do you like lemon flavored desserts?
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A Certain Fondness 
I like the simple but classic lemon cheese cake 🙂
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I don’t think I’ve ever had lemon cheesecake, but it sounds amazing!
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Oh those cookies look awesome. And ha! on the lemon bars — I made them for New Year’s Eve.
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I’ve never made them before, but I think I’ll give them a try this week. They are the perfect treat for January – a bit of sunshine among the gloom.
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I like lemon cookies and bars, but only homemade and buttery! Not a fan of lemon meringue pie, but wonder if that’s because I’ve never tried a piece of a really good one!
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Homemade is always the best! I’m not a big fan of any meringue pies. They seem too much.
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Your cookies look wonderful, and I love citrus in general and lemon in particular. At the moment I’m smitten with a particular kind of lemon yogurt that I pop into the freezer for a little while so that it’s semi-frozen ….
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That is a great idea about the yogurt. I’m going to give that a try.
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Wow – those cookies look amazing and unique! Im not a baker, so would never make them, but I’d love to eat them!
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The eating is always the best part!
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I love lemon even more than chocolate, how amazing not to have to buy them at the supermarket! You should give lemon drizzle cake a go, very lemony and easy to make.
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I know, it is really great to just get lemons for free. If I ever buy my own house I’m definitely going to have a lemon tree in my yard. Lemon drizzle cake sounds wonderful -I like anything with a drizzle or a glaze.
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I do love lemony recipes! I do make a lemon syrup cake which is very, very lemony and everyone who tries them loves them. I am pretty sure I have shared that recipe for Weekend Cooking previously.
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I will look for that on your site, Marg! I love an intense lemon flavor.
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Ooh, these cookies look delicious.
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Thanks, Diane, they were pretty fantastic.
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Oh I DO like lemon-flavored desserts. It is once again Mardi Gras season, which means my sister is talking about making king cake. She makes the beeeest king cake with lemon zest grated into the batter and it’s amazing. Now it is all I can think of.
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Lemon zest is the key – it makes the lemon flavor so, so wonderful. I hope she makes it for you soon!
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Lemon is one of my favorite flavors for baked goods, bar none. I recently made a lemon chess pie that was DIVINE.
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That sounds wonderful – I don’t think I’ve ever had chess pie!
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Lemon cake and cheese cake, though I admit to disliking the lemon aspect of cherry cake. Not having heard of lemon bars I’ve looked them up – yum!
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Lemon bars are the best – my boss brought some in yesterday and the lemon was so intense and delicious.
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very nice , we love lemon drizzle cake amanda and I
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Lemon drizzle cake sounds delicious – I need to find a good recipe.
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