Sugar Free Iced Lemon Cookies that are 'Melting Moments' style cookies that are made with no added eggs.
These cookies are deliciously 'sweet' and crunchy with a lemon flavored icing.
Sugar Free Lemon Cookies With Icing.
These cookies were inspired by a classic 'melting moments' style cookie.
With a lemon icing on the top of these buttery cookies, there is a perfect melt in your mouth combination for a cookie.
Did you try my recipe for Sugar Free Lemon Cheesecake?
That cheesecake is a popular lemon flavored dessert idea.
Both this recipe for cookies and that recipe for cheesecake are nice ideas for sugar free lemon flavored desserts!
To make this recipe you will need sugar free powdered sugar. You can find a selection of sugar free powdered sugar here.
Frequently asked questions about melting moment cookies.
A 'Melting Moment' cookie is a cookie that like a buttery shortbread style cookie.
Unlike many cookies however, 'Melting Moment' cookies are made without eggs.
Instead of eggs holding the cookies together, cornstarch is used to help keep the cookies from crumbling.
Cornstarch also gives these cookies a texture that helps to give these cookies a 'melting moment' when you eat them.
As mentioned, cornstarch is an important ingredient in this eggless recipe.
Melting moment cookies have all purpose flour and butter in them.
Unlike other cookie recipes, powdered sugar is used rather than granular or brown sugar. It is the powdered sugar that assists the cornstarch in giving these melting moment cookies a unique texture and flavor.
Tips for making sugar free lemon melting moment cookies.
Butter is an important ingredient in this recipe that should not be substituted. Your butter should also be softened to room temperature so that it can properly blend with the other ingredients.
More helpful tips for you.
- Refrigerating the dough in this recipe before actually baking the cookies is done to help prevent excessive spread during baking. You can make the cookie dough and refrigerate the dough overnight if desired.
- Lemon zest is used to flavor the cookie portion of this recipe. For best results, it is a good idea to use fresh lemon zest.
- After taking the cookies out of the oven, allow them to fully cool on the baking sheet. This will help them firm up enough to hold together and hold the icing on top.
How to store sugar free lemon cookies.
These cookies should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature (to keep the texture intact).
If properly stored, they should keep for up to a week. You can also freeze these cookies.
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About this recipe for lemon cookies with no added sugar.
This is a simple sugar free lemon cookie recipe.
It is based upon a classic 'Melting Moment' butter or shortbread cookie recipe.
To make this recipe we will first make the cookie dough.
After the cookie dough has been refrigerated for at least two hours, we will bake the cookies.
Once the cookies have fully cooled, we can ice them with the sugar free lemon flavored icing.
Ingredients needed to make Sugar Free Iced Lemon Cookies.
- Butter. You butter should be softened to room temperature. If you are using unsalted butter you can add a half teaspoon of salt to the dry ingredients.
- Sugar Free Powdered Sugar. Use a sugar free powdered sugar that measures like regular powdered sugar and that can also be baked with.
- Cornstarch. An essential ingredient that gives these cookies a texture that is crisp while allowing the cookies to 'melt in your mouth'. The cornstarch also helps keep the cookies together (this is an eggless recipe).
- Flour. All purpose flour was used to make my cookies. I do not know if an alternative flour would work as well.
- Lemon Zest. Use fresh lemon zest as the flavor of the cookie itself depends upon it for flavor.
- For the icing- Sugar Free Powdered Sugar as well as lemon juice.
Expert Tip👉 Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to make these cookies look even more 'lemony'.
How to make Sugar Free Iced Lemon Cookies
- Use a stand mixer to beat your butter until smooth, light and fluffy. This process can take a few minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a smaller bowl, use a whisk to combine together the sugar free powdered sugar, cornstarch, flour, and lemon zest.
- When the butter is done beating, you can scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and then add the dry ingredients from the smaller bowl to the mixing bowl.
- Next, beat the mixture until you have soft dough, scraping down the sides of the dough as needed. The dough should be able to stick together when pressed into a ball when it is ready.
- Wrap the dough to plastic wrap or waxed paper and refrigerate for at least a couple of hours to overnight.
- When you are ready to bake the cookies, remove the dough from your refrigerator and prepare a lightly floured work surface. Also, preheat your oven to 350 and prep a rimmed baking sheet(s) with parchment paper or a baking mat.
- Unwrap the cookie dough and roll in out on the floured work space to about ¼ to ½" thick. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out each of the cookies and then place the cookies about two inches apart on the prepared baking sheet(s).
- Bake the cookies for 12-15 minute or until the edges begin to turn golden brown. Then remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool to room temperature on the baking sheet.
- Transfer the cooled cookies to a cooling rack with the bottom sides (flat sides) of the cookies facing up.
How to make the lemon icing for these cookies.
- To make the icing, simply combine together the remaining sugar free powdered sugar with the lemon juice until your reach a soft consistency. You may need to make adjustments as needed to get your desired consistency.
- Use a spoon to coat the cookies with the icing.
- When the icing has fully set you can enjoy or store your cookies.
Expert Tip👉 Instead of icing the cookies you can dust them with sugar free powdered sugar after they have finish cooling on the baking sheet.
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Sugar Free Iced Lemon Cookies, a simple and delicious melting moments style recipe made without eggs or sugar.
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Sugar Free Iced Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter -room temperature
- ½ cups Sugar Free Powdered Sugar -see post for details and alternatives
- ¼ cup Cornstarch
- 1 ½ cups Flour
- 1 tbsp Lemon Zest
For the icing
- 1 cup Sugar Free Powdered Sugar
- 2 ½ tbsp Lemon Juice - adjusted as needed
Instructions
- Use a stand mixer to beat your butter until smooth, light and fluffy. This process can take a few minutes. Meanwhile, in a smaller bowl, use a whisk to combine together the sugar free powdered sugar, cornstarch, flour, and lemon zest.
- When the butter is done beating, you can scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and then add the dry ingredients from the smaller bowl to the mixing bowl.
- Next, beat the mixture until you have soft dough, scraping down the sides of the dough as needed. The dough should be able to stick together when pressed into a ball when it is ready.
- Wrap the dough to plastic wrap or waxed paper and refrigerate for at least a couple of hours to overnight.
- When you are ready to bake the cookies, remove the dough from your refrigerator and prepare a lightly floured work surface. Also, preheat your oven to 350 and prep a rimmed baking sheet(s) with parchment paper or a baking mat.
- Unwrap the cookie dough and roll in out on the floured work space to about ¼ to ½" thick.
- Use a round cookie cutter to cut out each of the cookies and then place the cookies about two inches apart on the prepared baking sheet(s).
- Bake the cookies for 12-15 minute or until the edges begin to turn golden brown. Then remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool to room temperature on the baking sheet.
- Transfer the cooled cookies to a cooling rack with the bottom sides (flat sides) of the cookies facing up.
- To make the icing, simply combine together the remaining sugar free powdered sugar with the lemon juice until your reach a soft consistency. You may need to make adjustments as needed to get your desired consistency.
- Use a spoon to coat the cookies with the icing. When the icing has fully set you can enjoy or store your cookies.
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