These Lemon Poppyseed Shortbread Cookies are your favorite breakfast muffin baked to perfection…cookie style! Rich and buttery and loaded with lemon and poppyseed flavors!
Nothing better than a rich, buttery shortbread cookie in my book.
I love them in all sorts of flavors.
I also love all kinds of muffins. With lemon poppyseed on my list of top five favorites.
So I decided, why not make my favorite muffin into a buttery, poppyseed-packed, lemony shortbread cookie?
Who You’ll Love this Recipe
These are the perfect complement to your morning or afternoon cup of tea or coffee. They’re not overly sweet, which is one of the things I love about them.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- unsalted butter
- confectioners’ sugar
- lemons
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- poppyseeds
- sea salt
Step-By-Step Instructions
The first step is to cream butter and confectioners’ sugar together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add lemon zest and vanilla and beat until combined.
The second step is to dd the flour, poppyseeds and salt and beat until just combined. Do not overmix. Form the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
The third step is to remove from fridge and place on lightly floured surface. Roll dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch round cookie cutter. Transfer to prepared sheets placing 1 inch apart. Place sheets in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
The last step is to Remove from refrigerator and bake, one sheet at a time, for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack over a piece of parchment to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough until you’ve used it all.
I know cutout cookies are a bit more time consuming than drop cookies, but these only require a handful of ingredients and are quite easy to whip up.
Time to get your bake on folks. Hope you bake a batch!
Please let me know if you give the recipe a try. And if you have any questions about the recipe, just drop a comment below. Enjoy!
A few other favorite shortbread cookies here at the BHK are my Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies and my Twix Cookies.
A Few Cook’s Notes for Lemon Poppyseed Shortbread Cookies
I used a two-inch round fluted cookie cutter for this recipe.
I like to bake my cookies one sheet at a time. You can keep the other sheet in the refrigerator while the other tray is baking.
I used 3 teaspoons of freshly grated lemon zest the first round of testing. I thought it needed more of a punch of lemon flavor, so I decided on 4 teaspoons.
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Lemon Poppyseed Shortbread Cookies
Print Recipe Pin RecipeIngredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 4 tsp. freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp. poppyseeds
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place rack in middle of oven. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and confectioners' sugar together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add lemon zest and vanilla and beat until combined.
- Add the flour, poppyseeds and salt and beat until just combined. Do not overmix. Form the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Remove from fridge and place on lightly floured surface. Roll dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch round cookie cutter. Transfer to prepared sheets placing 1 inch apart. Place sheets in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Remove from refrigerator and bake, one sheet at a time, for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack over a piece of parchment to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough until you've used it all.
Lemon and Poppyseed – a beautiful combination! I love the idea of enjoying them in a cookie :)
What a way to start a day, with a good cup of coffee!
One of my favorite breakfast muffins Alex! Perfect with a cup of coffee!
These look amazing! Beaufitful bake.
How many cookies to that serving in the nutritional facts?
Thanks so much Amber! It’s per cookie. Shortbread cookies are rich and buttery!
This recipe is combining some of my very favourite things – shortbread cookies and lemon poppy seed all together in one delicious bite! Bet these would be amazing dunked in some cold milk right about now! Pinned :)
Or with your morning coffee Dawn! Either way!
I usually have a cup of tea to get me through my afternoon slump, and a few of these shortbread cookies would go perfectly with it! Love the extra punch of lemon too!
They’re just the ticket Leanne. Not too sweet. Just buttery and delightfully lemony! Have a great week.
Absolutely of my kind: to nibble, to pack for office, for gathering, for holidays….. for every season … keeper indeed !
I know you’d just love them Davorka! So buttery and lemony!
Lemon poppyseed is always a winning combination! These look delicious! Very few cookies make me as happy as a buttery shortbread :)!
I totally agree Kelsie! Thanks so much. Hope you have an awesome week!
The perfect morning scene – my first cup of coffee and your lemon poppyseed shortbread cookies! Have a great week, my friend! Pinned!
Thanks Annie! You too!
Shortbread cookies are a weakness of mine, as are lemon poppyseed muffins. These look like a mouthwatering blend of both! Love these for snacking and I’m already thinking ahead to the holiday season because these would make a perfect edible gift!
Perfect for gifting at the holidays Marissa! Cutouts take a bit more time but they’re so worth it. Happy Monday!
Shortbread cutout cookies are always a win in my book Mare (totally worth the time!) and these are perfection! I’m in love with that flavor profile too… buttery, lemony and those poppy seeds! I’m SO in!
I thought you might like these Traci! Have an awesome week!
Lemon + Poppyseed is totally one of my all-time favorite flavors, Mary Ann! And in a shortbread cookie! I do need to get my bake on! Thanks for the recipe! Pinning!
Mine to Laura! Hope you enjoy them if you give them a try!
yum to lemon and to poppy seeds! these cookies are delish i’m sure. cheers sherry
You’d love them! Cheers Sherry!
They sound delightful Mary Ann. Like you said, perfect with a cup of tea! Lemon poppy seed is a fantastic combination! Classic!
I’ve always enjoyed that combo in muffin form, so I knew it would be just as delicious as a cookie!
What a clever idea! I’ve never made shortbread cookies, but I think that’s about to change. I love how these look and the combination of lemon and poppy seed is always a classic.
Oh my Kathy! What you’ve been missing! You need to bake a batch for sure.
I am absolutely drooling over these cookies, Mare!!! I’m totally with you! I love me some Shortbread Cookies and Lemon Poppyseed Muffins are to die for delicious, so this combination is screaming my name!! These could be very very very dangerous around me, because I’m fairly certain I could polish off a few dozen in one sitting. But, I’m thinking it would be worth it!!! Pinned!
Shortbread has always been one of my favorites too Chey! Warning…dangerous to make these when alone. Need people to share with or you’ll definitely over induldge! Take it from one who knows! Thanks for pinning.
Your cookies remind me of the little sweet treats you get in Europe when you order a cappuccino. I could eat them anytime.
Thanks Gerlinde!
Nothing beats a classic buttery shortbread cookie, except for these, lemon poppyseed ones! yes please!
Thanks Kevin!
Oh! I’m really bad! Slip a sliver of homemade vanilla ice cream in between two of these!
The husband flipped over them!😁
Sounds delicious! Great idea Lisa!
Can the dough be made ahead and finished a couple of days later? Possible to freeze dough?
Yes Donna, you can make the dough ahead of time, and it is possible to freeze the dough for later use. It will keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
So easy to follow and very delicious biscuits! Everyone enjoyed them.
So happy they were enjoyed by all! Thanks so much for trying the recipe Alyssa!
My fridge will not take a large cookie sheet. Do the cookies need to be in the fridge after you cut them out?
If your freezer is bigger you can put them in the freezer Dianne. They need to chill so they keep their shape. Enjoy!