They're like sunshine in a bowl.
Brown Butter. Oh yeah.
The cookies? Soft, a little tangy, and oh, that cream cheese frosting...it just begs you to sink your teeth in and take a bite.
Meyer Lemon-Brown Butter Cookies (with lemon cream cheese frosting)
{makes about 24}
for the cookies:
1 stick unsalted butter
7 ounces plain Greek yogurt (I like Fage 2%)
1/2 cup Meyer lemon juice
zest from 1 Meyer lemon
2 & 1/2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup sugar
for the frosting:
1 stick salted butter, room temperature
8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
1 lb. box powdered sugar
zest of 1 Meyer lemon
2 TBSP Meyer lemon juice
Brown the butter in a small saucepan. (For detailed instructions on how to do this, click here.) Pour into a container, and refrigerate until cooled and solidified.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment. Preheat oven to 350.
Stir together the yogurt, zest, and juice. Set aside.
{Meyer lemons are really thin-skinned, so I like to use a micoplane for zesting.}
In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Beat the brown butter and sugar together until well combined.
Stir in the yogurt mixture. Add the flour in three additions, stirring between each until combined.
Use a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop to drop the dough onto the cookie sheets.
Bake for 15 minutes, or until done. Remove from the pans to wire racks to cool completely.
make the frosting:
With a paddle attachment of an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
On low speed, add in half of the powdered sugar and the lemon zest. Beat until combined.
Add the other half of the sugar and the lemon juice. Beat on low until combined, then increase the speed to medium until smooth.
Use an offset spatula to frost the cookies. Store in the fridge.
{Alternately, make a glaze instead of the frosting. Combine powdered sugar and Meyer lemon juice to the consistency you'd like and pour over the cookies.)
Good day, Sunshine! ♥
Such lovely lemony cookies Bridget! XO
ReplyDeleteThose look delicious!!! I love lemony cookies.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the cookies below too, and your orange outfit. I remember sneaking that out of your closet on a few occasions! Was wearing all denim popular at that time?
oh, and will you send that pasta with broccoli recipe my way? Sounds good!!!
ReplyDeleteoh they look good, I wonder if we even have those kind of lemons here, I need to look!
ReplyDeleteOh Bridget!!! These cookies look perfect!
ReplyDeleteYeah, browned butter is pretty good, I have to say..and these cookies..I can't even imagine!
ReplyDeleteOK seriously these are like my DREAM cookie. How did you know?? ;)
ReplyDeleteI love smell of lemons and lemon cookies!!! Wow I can smell them right now!!
ReplyDeleteThese look so light and airy!... and lemony! And I just loooooove Meyer lemons!
ReplyDeleteKim
ReplyDeleteYum! Anything lemon is sunny and wonderful!
Thanks for bringing a little sunshine to the web today! Love all things lemon! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my, these look tasty! Lemon cookies are always delicious. And that lemon frodting looks so creamy and tangy :) YUM!
ReplyDeleteImam bookmarking this,,.:)
ReplyDeleteI wish Meyer lemons were easier to find. I am going on a hunt today so I can make these cookies!
ReplyDeleteI'm in Houston and I keep looking for these lemons that "White on Rice" blog is always cooing over. I NEED to smell them! We just got a huge new HEB right outside our neighborhood and I thought they would have them. Can't wait to discover their sweetness and beautiful aroma. Aren't you loving this cool blue sky Houston weather!?
ReplyDeleteThat's where I bought mine...HEB. They are in an island display at my store. :)
DeleteI will totally admit that I'm a ML sniffer. If sunshine had a smell, the scent of these yellow pretties would be it! The cookies look amazing. I love lemon anything, brown butter, and cream cheese. I don't think I have a choice: I need to make these. SOON!
ReplyDelete"If sunshine had a smell . . . " You're exactly right. Thanks!
Deletecookies look delicious
ReplyDeleteLOVE the idea of brown butter cookies with yogurt and Meyer lemons...with cream cheese frosting, Bridge! What a charming cookie idea for spring and Easter, too. xo
ReplyDeletethe cream cheese frosting puts these over the top!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about these cookies! Browned butter, lemon, AND cream cheese frosting? Goodness gracious!
ReplyDeleteI am never able to pin any of your recipes. I wonder why? Look delicious!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. Are you using the pin button from your toolbar?
DeleteI have a neighbor with an OVERFLOWING Meyer Lemon tree and have been the lucky recipient of two bags full so far. (Plus, I have an open invitation to pick as many more as I'd like!) I love Meyer Lemons!!! Thanks for giving me something new to make with them!
ReplyDeleteI am just about to run right out to my Meyer lemon tree in the back yard to pick some to make these cookies. We are having an amazing summer here in New Zealand and the produce from the garden keeps on coming.
ReplyDeleteI just made similar lemon cookies recently, and these look so good! Now I want some more!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I'd take lemon over chocolate any day and I'm so glad I found your great blog!
ReplyDeleteLemon is my favorite flavor EVER!!! I need these cookies in my life :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for this new recipe; can't wait to try it. We live on the south side of Houston and our trees are almost tapped out. If you think smelling them at HEB is good, you should try the ones on the tree! I've been treating myself to the lemons in hot water and you breathe in the flavor/fragrance as much as you taste it! Too bad you don't live closer so we could share :-(
ReplyDeleteI love lemon flavour! These cookies look delicious :)
ReplyDeleteDear Bridget fans: Hate me. I live in San Francisco where, believe it or not I have neighbors who grow Meyer Lemons. Many of these neighbors have signs posted next to these trees: "Don't you dare pick my lemons!" I have a friend who lives in Sausalito and he has four Meyer Lemon trees. FOUR! Every time I visit -- and this is year round -- I take home 10 or 12 Meyer lemons to last me until my next visit. Happily Meyer Lemons have started to be grown commercially. But. There is a solution. Use 2 parts regular lemon juice to one part orange juice. (You can always add a pinch or two of sugar.) I've never tried this, only read about it online. So, if someone does try it I'd love to hear your results. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI made these this afternoon...soooo good!!! It was my first time tasting a Meyer lemon - they are hard to come by in South Florida for some reason. And brown butter might be my new favorite thing. First smelling the Meyer lemons then smelling that caramel-y brown butter - yummy overload!
ReplyDeleteI watched ALL your blog, it's super fantastic!! Yesterday I made some biscuits and today I think I'm gonna try this wonderful frosting, I love the flavour of lemon! Bye!!
ReplyDeleteoh I love the idea of these!! I've been on a cookie kick recently and have just added these to the list I want to try - they seem so happy :)
ReplyDeleteI have a fever/cold, my kids & husband are driving me freakin nuts,I totally need some sunshine cookies right about now! LOL I love how your spatula colour co-ordinates with the post, very Martha!!!
ReplyDeleteLast time I made Rice Krispies, I made them with brown better. BEST EVER!
ReplyDeleteMeyer lemon cream cheese frosting? I want to eat that entire bowl.
ReplyDeleteI want it now! :D
ReplyDeleteHow awesome is this?!?! Two of my favourites in one! they look great!
ReplyDeletesooo making these !! brown butter is sooo delish! cant wait thanks so much for the reicipe :)
ReplyDeleteThe best thing (ok, one of the best things) since moving to Texas is that now I can have fresh, tasty, Meyer lemons that aren't ridiculously overpriced! Makes this lemon-loving girl's heart super happy. :)
ReplyDeleteI also love that I can actually taste test this batter since it doesn't have eggs. YAY! I'm now off to bake these bits of sunshine... thank you for sharing! :)
These cookies look and sound amazing! I have a question though..can I make these and then freeze them? Or would you freeze the cookie and then frost them after they have been defrosted? Just wondering how far in advance I can make them or do they have to be eaten immediately? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBridget that dough just looks so soft and puffy and fluffy. I may never get around to actually baking cookies :)
ReplyDeleteAnd the frosting sounds heaven-sent!
I made these last night! I tried the brown butter but i chickened out before it got really brown - was too afraid of burning it. I was surprised at the consistency of my cookies - are they supposed to be biscuit like? They were still yummy and the icing is AH-MAZING. Was eating it with a spoon - seriously! So delicious and easy to make - thanks!
ReplyDeleteDo you think you could substitute Key Lime juice for the lemon juice?
ReplyDeleteThese were absolutely perfect. I actually threw a de-seeded meyer lemon in the food processor since my grater wasn't giving me enough zest. I added some bits to the frosting and some to the batter, then topped a few of the frosted finished cookies with it. (I adore lemon) I was pleasantly surprised that these turned out more like a biscuit then a cookie consistancy. I did let the batter set for 15 mins as recommended. It reminded me of a perfect biscuit for "tea and biscuits". LOVE IT!!!
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed by this recipe. It was not what I was expecting. I couldn't taste the brown butter flavor at all and like the last person said it was a biscuit and not a cookie. However the frosting was delicious. It would be more suited for breakfast.
ReplyDeletecool!
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