This simple lemon glaze is delicious on cakes, cookies, scones, and more! To help the glaze set up nicely, pour it over baked goods after they have cooled completely.
Prep time: PT5M
Total time: PT5M
Rating
4.89 stars (100 reviews)
Keywords
Lemon glaze, lemon glaze recipe
Ingredients
1 cup powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Categories
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Steps
In a medium bowl, combine the powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice. Whisk to combine, adding more lemon juice as needed to create a smooth, pourable glaze.
Drizzle over cakes and cookies that have cooled completely after baking. See the blog post above for more ideas to use lemon glaze.
Reviews
Sharon on 2026-07-11 23:39:37 (5 stars): This was a great recipe thank you, delicious
Savannah on 2026-07-09 11:59:04 (5 stars): Super delicious! I'm going to use this all the time!
Jenna on 2026-05-15 23:37:31 (5 stars): Needed a lemon glaze in a pinch and this worked perfectly!
Cindy on 2026-03-29 13:21:32 (5 stars): Tastes great!
PallidaMors on 2026-03-29 08:31:40 (5 stars): Always!
All the lemonyness of a lemon is in the oils in the zest; the inside of a lemon just provides the tang (and a handy place to store the skin til you need it)…
🍋🍋🍋 #GoLemonyOrGoHome! 🍋🍋🍋
PallidaMors on 2026-03-29 08:09:00 (5 stars): Kate, thank you! It’s made my day to find out I’m not the only one wielding a spoon here… I feel so “seen” ;)
PallidaMors on 2026-03-29 07:58:54 (5 stars): Something tells me you’ve left your comment on the wrong page…
Either that, or you’ve got some really unorthodox techniques ;)
Still, as The Kids say, “you do you!”
🤘🏻😉🍋🍰🔥🧁🪚🩷💜🩵🎂🍥🍘🍋😳🤘🏻
Elsa on 2026-03-25 11:09:35 (5 stars): Does this glaze harden? I need to individually wrap the cookies…thank you
Indmom on 2026-03-06 11:07:04 (5 stars): Delicious. I used a 9x5 ceramic coated pan and I cook it to 200F internal and it took 45 minutes to finish. It was so tender and flavorful. I wondered if olive oil would make it heavy but it does not. And I feel better using that than butter. Not that this is health food lol. Delicious bread!
Kate on 2026-03-03 14:15:20 (5 stars): Love Love Love how this delicate glaze feels on the tip of my tounge. Great for cookies and just spoonfulling into your mouth.
