Last night, while waiting for my husband to get home from work, I was browsing through Pinterest. That is always a bad idea! I found these lovely cookies that my sister had pinned from Tried and Tasty and before I knew it they were baking in the oven! They were so soft and delicious. It was a nice change from the usual chocolate chip cookie!
1 c granulated sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 whole egg
1 tsp lemon zest (I didn't add this because I didn't have a lemon and they were still perfect!)
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp baking powder
⅛ tsp baking soda
1-½ c all-purpose flour
½ c powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease light colored baking sheets with non stick cooking spray and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest and juice. Scrape sides and mix again. Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly.
Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. If using a non stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.
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| We added a little powdered sugar on top for some extra flair! Mmm! |
Original recipe from Lauren’s Latest.
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Just pinned and tweeted these. As much as I love chocolate I always need some good non-chocolate cookie recipes.
ReplyDeleteI love lemony treats. These look so cheerful.
ReplyDeleteWow! I've been pinned :) What a compliment - glad you guys made them and loved them! Aren't they SO delicious!!!
ReplyDeleteYum, yum yum!
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These sound refreshingly good!
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This recipe looks so good. I would love it if you came over to my party "Cast Party Wednesday" tomorrow and shared some of your recipes with us.
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so yummy
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ReplyDeleteI love lemon cookies! Love your presentation, too. I'd like to invite you to share your recipe on A Well-Seasoned Life's Sweet Indulgences Sunday.
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I love lemon desserts and love crinkle cookies -- these look like sheer perfection!
ReplyDeleteSuper Delish! My family and I loved them! I did use the lemon zest.
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