Beehive lemon sugar cookies

A Buzz-Worthy TreatThese beehive cookies couldn't BEE any easier. Stack five lovely lemon sugar cookies, from largest to smallest, and they become happy hives before your eyes. They'll be all the buzz at your next bumblebee-themed party.

No need to run away from these bees! The kids will eat up these adorable and fruity sugar cookies, perfect for a summer get-together.

Beehive lemon sugar cookies recipe

Yields approximately 16 complete beehives (5 cookies in each hive)

Ingredients:1 cup sugar1 cup powdered sugar1 cup butter1 cup vegetable oil2 eggs1 teaspoon cream of tartar1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon baking soda5 cups flour1 teaspoon lemon extract1 tablespoon vanilla extractYellow food coloringLemon frostingBlack candy meltsDecorative icing bumblebees (found in baking supply or hobby stores)Directions:1Make sugar cookie dough ahead of time

Cream sugars with butter. Beat in eggs. Add oil. Combine dry ingredients together, and then gradually add them to the sugar-butter mixture. Mix in vanilla and lemon extracts, and yellow food coloring. Refrigerate overnight.

2Form and bake the dough

Roll 16, 1-1/2-inch dough balls and place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Dip the bottom of a glass into granulated sugar and press the dough balls flat with the bottom of the glass.

Bake these at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes.

Roll 16, 1-1/4-inch dough balls, place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, and press them flat. Bake for 11 minutes.

Roll 16, 1-inch dough balls, place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, and press them flat. Bake for 10 minutes.

3Roll doughballs for the top of the hive

Roll 16, 3/4-inch dough balls, place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, BUT DO NOT PRESS THEM FLAT. Leave them round. Bake for 9 minutes.

Roll 16, 1/2-inch dough balls, place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Again, DO NOT press them flat. Leave them round. Bake for 8 minutes.

4Assemble the beehives

Cut off the bottom edges of 16 black candy melts.

Make stacks of cookies with 5 in each hive. Working from largest to smallest, put a small dollop of lemon frosting between each cookie to secure them in place.

Attach the black candy melts to the fronts of the beehives with another dollop of lemon frosting. Add a small dot of frosting to the decorative bumblebees and secure them to the sides of the beehives.

5Present your adorable beehive cookies

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