The Ultimate Chewy Lemon Cookies

These lemon cookies are super chewy lemon cookies full of lemon zest and lemon juice. They are topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting and extra lemon zest.

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STEP 1: Combine dry ingredients.

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STEP 2: Beat the butter and brown sugar.

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STEP 3: Add the rest of the wet ingredients to the butter and sugar.

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STEP 4: Mix in the dry ingredients. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes.

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STEP 5: Use a 2oz cookie scoop to scoop 6 cookie dough balls per cookie sheet.

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STEP 6: Bake one sheet at a time for 9-11 minutes. Let cool.

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STEP 7: Make the lemon frosting and top the cookies with the frosting and lemon zest.

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